A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.
The world’s largest iceberg is heading towards a remote British island and could threaten millions of penguins and seals that live there. The huge iceberg A23a measures almost 1,500 square miles, ...
The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting the area.
The world's largest and oldest iceberg is on a crash course with a remote island potentially putting wildlife in peril, ...
The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in ...
The world's largest and oldest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote island... potentially putting wildlife in danger. Known as 'megaberg' the colossal slab of ice is drifting towards South ...
It remained grounded on the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea floor for more than 30 years, probably until it shrank just enough to loosen its grip on the seafloor. Then, the iceberg was carried away by ...
The iceberg originally calved from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf back in 1986. It then remained grounded on the seabed in the Weddell Sea, before beginning its slow journey north in 2020.
Large chunks from the iceberg have also been breaking away, plunging into the ocean beneath. Sea captain Simon Wallace, who is stationed on the vessel Pharos in South Georgia, said he was hoping ...
While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...
"Chunks of it were tipping up, so they looked like great ice towers, an ice city on the horizon," says Mr Belchier, who saw the iceberg while at sea. Those slabs are still lingering around the ...