'Last dance vibe': After 100 years, the International Ice Patrol is winding down N.L. iceberg flight

A program founded over 100 years ago, spawned by the sinking of one the most famous vessels in history — the RMS Titanic — is quietly winding down.

Over the next couple of years, staffed flight missions of the International Ice Patrol will become a thing of the past as satellites and drones become more advanced.

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The U.S. navy started the program in 1914 — soon after an iceberg collision sank the Titanic — to track icebergs off Newfoundland's coast and deliver up-to-date information to ships trying to safely navigate the north Atlantic.

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These days the monitoring happens from the air — a seven-person joint mission between Canada and the United States, flown by the U.S. coast guard in a C-130 airplane based out of St. John's.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/international-ice-patrol-last-dance-1.6844820


***Interesting piece of history that ties into the sinking of the Titanic.