A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift. But could it continue on its collision course in the future?

With a surface area of 3,360 square kilometers, the iceberg was heading north of Antarctica, towards South Georgia Island, driven since December by powerful ocean currents. It was feared that it ...

Researchers foresee that the iceberg will continue its route into the South Atlantic, following the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which will likely push it toward South Georgia Island ...

“If the iceberg stays grounded ... mass loss of the grounded ice over Antarctica attributed to anthropogenic climate change.” South Georgia Island is a large body of land that is part of ...

The iceberg first broke away from the Antarctic shelf in 1986 ... But experts say it now appears to be drifting towards South Georgia Island, often referred to as the "Galapagos of the South ...

Raul Cordero from Chile's University of Santiago, who is also part of the National Antarctic Research Committee, said he was confident the iceberg would sidestep South Georgia. "The island acts as ...

London-born merchant Antoine de la Roche may have been the first person to sight South Georgia Island or any of its Sub-Antarctic counterparts. In April 1675, as he was sailing from Lima to ...

it would seem to be the seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula, headwaters for South Georgia's river of krill. On the day I left the island, the ship overtook an iceberg at sunset. It was the ...

The world's biggest iceberg, A23a, has grounded in shallow waters off South Georgia ... the Antarctic coastline in 1986 and ran aground in the Weddell Sea before turning into an “ice island ...

The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, has run aground near South Georgia, a key wildlife haven. Scientists are monitoring its impact on marine life, particularly on penguins and seals, as it could ...

The world’s largest and oldest iceberg has run aground near the island ... British Antarctic Survey/PA) Since 2020, it has been drifting with Southern Ocean currents towards South Georgia ...