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A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift. But could it continue on its collision course in the future?
The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has grounded 73 kilometers off South Georgia Island, alleviating concerns about a potential collision that could have disrupted the local wildlife's food supply.
In 2004, the A38 iceberg grounded on South Georgia's continental shelf, leaving dead penguin chicks and seal pups. The ice mass is estimated to weigh nearly a trillion tons.
“If the iceberg stays grounded ... ice over Antarctica attributed to anthropogenic climate change.” South Georgia Island is a large body of land that is part of the British Overseas Territory ...
The world's biggest iceberg, A23a, has grounded in shallow waters off South Georgia, a remote South Atlantic British island home to millions of penguins and seals. The iceberg, which is roughly ...
The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic known for its populations of penguins ...
The journey delayed at times by ocean forces that kept the iceberg spinning in place for months at a time. But experts say it now appears to be drifting towards South Georgia Island, often ...
The world’s largest and oldest iceberg has run aground near the island of South Georgia, scientists say. The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice, known as A23a, has come to rest on the ...
Raul Cordero from Chile's University of Santiago, who is also part of the National Antarctic Research Committee, said he was confident the iceberg would sidestep South Georgia. "The island acts as ...
The colossal iceberg A23a — which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes — has been drifting north from Antarctica towards South Georgia island ...