World’s largest iceberg moves toward an island off Antarctica where millions of penguins live
The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents ...
Antarctica: World's Largest Iceberg A23a Drifts In Atlantic; Likely To Hit British Island South Georgia
For over 30 years, the A23a iceberg stayed anchored to the Antarctic Weddell Sea floor before it shrank and lost its grip on the seafloor which turned it into a massive floating fragment of ice. The ...
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Diving Antarctica's South Georgia Island
Dive into a bit of history in the waters surrounding this remote Antarctic island, the site of famed explorer Sir Ernest ...
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'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk
As of Jan. 16, the megaberg, known as A23a, is roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) away from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, according to location coordinates from the U.S. National Ice ...
Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in the South Atlantic
The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia.
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South Georgia Island, 250th Anniversary of British Possession, led by the great navigator James Cook
On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel ... of 71°10'S without sighting Antarctica. It was only on their ...
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Massive Iceberg Drifting Toward South Georgia, Scientists Warn
The largest iceberg in the world, known as A23a, is now drifting through the Southern Ocean. Also read. China Slams the Door ...
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5 Books You Should Read Before Going To Antarctica
Antarctica has a wild ... and then hiking across South Georgia island to find rescue. Miraculously, not a single crew member died (thanks, in part, to Shackleton’s leadership, as well as ...
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World's largest iceberg headed for South Georgia Island
According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke off from Antarctica ... in the South Atlantic, probably towards South Georgia Island.
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Mushy ice and lost kit: The scientists studying Antarctica as it melts
"The glacier that I learnt to ski on in South Georgia is no longer a glacier, it's not there anymore," says Morley, who has worked in Antarctica since 2005. Instead the island, which lies ...
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The world's largest iceberg is moving towards a remote South Atlantic island: thousands of penguins and seals are at risk
The world's largest iceberg, A23a – measuring 1967 kilometers and weighing a trillion tons – is rapidly approaching a remote ...