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The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision ... In this handout photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey, a view of the A23a iceberg is seen from the ...
The iceberg is now headed north again. BAS said A23a is expected to head toward the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, where it will begin melting in warmer waters and break into smaller icebergs.
The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again after decades of being grounded on the seafloor and more recently spinning on the spot, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The mega ...
A23a is a large tabular iceberg which calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986. It was stuck on the sea bed for many years but then started moving in 2020. As of January 2025, its area is about 3,500 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi), which makes it the current largest iceberg in the world.
Iceberg B-9B colliding with the Mertz Glacier Tongue calving the Mertz iceberg, 20 February 2010. Iceberg B-9 was an iceberg that calved from Antarctica in 1987. [1] It measured 154 kilometres (96 mi) long and 35 kilometres (22 mi) wide; it had a total area of 5,390 square kilometres (2,080 sq mi), [1] and is one of the longest icebergs ever recorded. [1]
The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica toward the island of South Georgia.. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...
As the world’s largest iceberg, the colossus A23a is of great interest to scientists, who have closely monitored the frozen block since it calved from Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in ...
Iceberg B-15A drifting toward the Drygalski Ice Tongue prior to the collision, 2 January 2005 [1] [2] A-38: 6,900 144 48 1998 The split of the A38-B iceberg is recorded in this series of images. The iceberg was originally part of the massive A-38 iceberg, which broke from the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica [3] B-15A: 6,400 2002