Antarctica: World's Largest Iceberg A23a Drifts In Atlantic; Likely To Hit British Island South Georgia
For over 30 years, the A23a iceberg stayed anchored to the Antarctic Weddell Sea floor before it shrank and lost its grip on the seafloor which turned it into a massive floating fragment of ice. The ...
World’s largest iceberg moves toward an island off Antarctica where millions of penguins live
The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents ...
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'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk
As of Jan. 16, the megaberg, known as A23a, is roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) away from South Georgia and the South ...
Mega-iceberg drifts towards Antarctic penguin island
The world's biggest iceberg—more than twice the size of London—could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it ...
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Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in the South Atlantic
The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica toward the island of South Georgia. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...
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The World’s Biggest Iceberg Is Threatening a Wildlife Haven
The colossal iceberg A23a is on a collision path with the island of South Georgia, a British overseas territory between Antarctica and Argentina in the South Atlantic Ocean. The big berg is ...
Massive iceberg A23a threatens wildlife haven South Georgia
Environmentalists fear for the island's rare king penguins and millions of elephant and fur seals if iceberg collides.
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'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk
More recently, A23a got stuck again, spinning in one place just north of the South Orkney Islands. But, in December 2024 it finally broke free. Related: Scientists peered into a secret Antarctic ...
What we know about iceberg A23a and its collision course with a remote British island
The world’s largest iceberg is heading towards a remote British island and could threaten millions of penguins and seals that ...