Newfoundland’s Iceberg Alley made the news in the recent DIVER magazine feature called EAU Canada. The magazine features a unique Canadian dive site each issue. In this installment, Jill Heinerth shares a remarkable opportunity to dive alongside an iceberg that had drifted south from he Arctic ice pack.
On July 7, 2015 Jill Heinerth had the opportunity to assist in the documentation of the recovery and delivery to provincial conservators of the sextant from the WWII shipwreck SS Rose Castle. The Rose Castle was sunk on November 2nd, 1942 by a German U-Boat that was attempting to disrupt the supply of high grade iron ore coming from Bell Island, Newfoundland, Canada. The event also marks the only time a torpedo struck land in what is now Canadian soil. 28 crew were lost, but many were saved by citizens of the island. The sextant was discovered by diver Luc Michel…