growler

“Take your plume back, little growler. We might as well be friends. After all, if all goes according to plan, I’ll end up being your grandpapa.”

At night, crews trained a searchlight across dark waters infested with so-called growlers—low-floating chunks of ice the size of trucks that can puncture ships.

Icebergs, bergy bits and growlers—some of the many forms of ice here—joined sea and sky to display every shade of blue.

Only three days later they met their first ice, large chunks called growlers that scraped and rumbled past the sides of the ship.

But you can buy beers in cans or get your growlers filled.