World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground
A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America.
World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island
A23a weighs nearly a trillion metric tons, making it the world’s largest active iceberg. It calved from Antarctica in 1986, making it the world’s oldest berg. And now, after drifting for half a decade, A23a has grounded itself about 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of South Georgia.
World's largest iceberg comes to standstill
A23a had been floating across the Southern Ocean for five years before it ran aground near the Island of South Georgia.
World's Largest Iceberg, Weighing Nearly 1 Trillion Tons, Runs Aground Near Sub-Antarctic Island
The world’s largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, according to British researchers.
World's largest iceberg runs aground off remote island
The world's largest iceberg has run aground in shallow waters off the remote British island of South Georgia, home to millions of penguins and seals. The iceberg, which is about twice the size of Greater London, appears to be stuck and should start breaking up on the island's south-west shores.
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off Antarctica
The world's biggest iceberg, which is almost four times the size of Canberra, has run aground near a remote island off Antarctica.
What we learnt flying over the world's largest iceberg A23a - and why it's not long for this world
Flying over the massive iceberg, it's indistinguishable from the horizon. But as it melts, chunks of ice risk floating ...
World's largest iceberg, A23a, grounded on British island
The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on a sub-Antarctic island belonging to Britain Tuesday. According to the ...
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World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground
The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a ...
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The World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground, Potentially Averting a Collision With Penguin and Seal Breeding Areas
After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...
World's largest iceberg bigger than London could now cause disaster for penguins
Several million penguins live in the area along with several species of albatross, elephant seals and fur seals, all of which ...
At the world's largest iceberg | Q&A with science editor Tom Clarke
Science and technology editor Tom Clarke has been flying over A23a, the world's largest iceberg, and seen first-hand its vast ...
World’s biggest iceberg — a massive wall of ice named A23a - nears South Georgia
The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — is currently aground near the South Georgia Island. A23a could affect the ...