But it began to move again last year and is now approaching South Georgia Island, a small island mainly populated by penguins and seals. The iceberg had been stuck in a rotating water column near ...
The mega-iceberg poses a significant threat to South Georgia Island a remote wildlife haven. The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting toward South Georgia Island, a remote and ecologically ...
The world's largest iceberg might be on a collision course for South Georgia Island. If it grounds on the continental shelf there, it could seriously disrupt wildlife and shipping in the area.
Iceberg A23a (bottom left) and South Georgia Island (top right) as seen by Aqua's MODIS image on January 15, 2025. Credit: NASA. Most people picture icebergs like big floating boulders in the ocean.
The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents. An iceberg seen on NASA’s Aqua satellite, known as A23a ...
The colossal iceberg A23a, towering at 40 meters and spanning an area greater than the Australian Capital Territory, is now advancing towards South Georgia Island, a remote British territory near ...
Today, South Georgia is known as one of sub-Antarctica’s most stunning beautiful and rugged islands, with a long ... of what took place there on a cold April day, a little under four decades ...
The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting toward South Georgia Island, a remote and ecologically vital wildlife haven. This massive block of ice, about the size of Rhode Island, poses a ...