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This summer, A23a got stuck near the South Orkney Islands, twirling in what's known as a Taylor column. Satellite video showed the iceberg spinning whimsically in place, a process that also delays ...
The world's largest iceberg — which is roughly the size of Rhode Island — is fast approaching a remote British Island and wildlife haven in the South Atlantic. As of Jan. 16, the megaberg ...
The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is stuck again ... Antarctic Survey noticed the mega iceberg rotating near the South Orkney Islands, about 375 miles from the Antarctic Peninsula, starting ...
Scientists have just issued warnings about a large iceberg that is on a path that takes it directly toward the South Georga ...
The iceberg, A23a, broke free from its position north of the South Orkney Islands last month and is now heading towards South Georgia, where it could crash into the island. Researchers tracking ...
In December last year, A23a escaped from an ocean current vortex that had trapped it just to the north of the South Orkney Islands for months, rotating anticlockwise more or less on the spot at a ...
Known as A23a, the 1,400-square-mile iceberg had ... The iceberg had been stuck in a rotating water column near the South Orkney Islands since last April, said Andrew Meijers from the British ...
"It's exciting to see A23a on the move again after periods of being stuck," he remarked. After months spent in limbo near the South Orkney Islands, this giant has finally managed to escape its icy ...
Traffic in the vicinity of Antarctica has become a bit trickier now that A23a, the world's oldest and largest iceberg, has broken free of its watery trap north of the South Orkney Islands and is ...
A23a, nicknamed the "queen of icebergs ... spinning in one spot for several months just north of the South Orkney Island. But in December 2024 it broke free once more and continued its journey ...
The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic known for its populations of penguins ...