World's Largest Iceberg, Weighing Nearly 1 Trillion Tons, Runs Aground Near Sub-Antarctic Island
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) announced on Tuesday, March 4 that the A23a iceberg is currently grounded on the continental shelf about 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the island of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic area.
The World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground, Potentially Averting a Collision With Penguin and Seal Breeding Areas
After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island
World’s largest iceberg runs aground before collision with sub-Antarctic island
The world’s largest and oldest iceberg, A23a, has come to a halt near South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, according to the British Antarctic Survey.
World's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground near remote British island
The world's largest iceberg appears to have run aground off the coast of a remote British island home to millions of penguins and seals — potentially threatening local wildlife, but also providing an opportunity for research into such rare "megabergs."
World's largest iceberg runs aground – narrowly avoiding smashing into British territory
Megaberg A23A has crash landed near the British overseas territory of South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean home to just 1,000 people and unique animals
World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground
The iceberg A23a has run aground in the shallow waters off of South Georgia, a remote British territory in the Southern Atlantic, researchers say.
World's largest iceberg, A23a, grounded on British island
March 4 (UPI) -- The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on a sub-Antarctic island belonging to Britain Tuesday.
'Queen of icebergs' A23a grounds off South Atlantic wildlife haven
The world's largest iceberg has run aground just off the coast of South Georgia. But what does this mean for the wildlife there?
A23a megaberg: Ice wall twice the size of Greater London runs aground near British island
Ice wall twice the size of Greater London runs aground near British island - The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice, known as A23a, has grounded on the continental shelf off South Georgia island
World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island
A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons, making it the world’s largest active iceberg. It calved from Antarctica in 1986, making it the world’s oldest berg. And now, after drifting for half a decade, A23a has grounded itself about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of South Georgia.
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia
The biggest iceberg in the world, named A23a, appears to have run aground after drifting around the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020. Weighing nearly a trillion metric tonnes (1.1 trillion tons),
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Scientists Drilled 1.7 Miles Into the Antarctic Ice Sheet and Found a Million-Year-Old Secret
The 9,186-foot-long ice core was drilled out from the Little Dome C, which is one of the harshest locations on the planet.
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Global sea ice levels just hit a new record low
Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures ...
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Scottish adventurer to bring tales of life on Antarctic island to Glasgow
He will recount his four years on the island of South Georgia, working for the British Antarctic Survey. His talk will ...
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BAS invites to the Cambridge Festival, “Join us for an Antarctic Adventure”
Explore the Frozen Frontier’ – a talk aimed at anyone over 7 years old by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) polar scientist Kate ...
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Scientists make concerning discovery while analyzing samples taken at remote Antarctic stations: 'We need to do more research'
Researchers also don’t yet know the long-term effects. Scientists make concerning discovery while analyzing samples taken at ...