The British Antarctic Survey has announced that A23a, the largest iceberg in the world, which detached from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986, has finally escaped the ocean floor after being trapped for decades. Measuring around 4,000 square…
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, which is over twice the size of Greater London, is drifting north after being trapped for most of the year in a vortex near the South Orkney Islands. Breaking free from Antarctica in 1986, A23a…
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, measuring over 3,800 sq km, has begun drifting northward after being trapped for over 30 years in the Weddell Sea. Having escaped a vortex that kept it stagnant near the South Orkney Islands, it is…
