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Twice the size of Greater London: World's largest iceberg sets sail
The depth of the iceberg caused its lower part to become grounded on the seabed, preventing it from moving with ocean currents. In 2020, A23a began its slow journey northward after remaining ...
A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them
Crustaceans, snails, worms and fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive ...
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World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Atlantic after 1,200-mile journey (satellite photos)
Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for large icebergs, new satellite images show. Measuring 1,240 square miles (3,460 square ...
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World's biggest iceberg heads north after escaping vortex
It broke free of Antarctica in 1986 though soon became stuck just off the coast. The depth of the iceberg meant its bottom became lodged on the floor of the Weddell Sea, part of the Southern Ocean ...
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“It’s so large that it’s unusual” — Mega iceberg on its way to this American state
For nearly 40 years, that enormous iceberg sat on the seabed above the continental shelf, too enormous to be shifted across shallow water. 2020, it finally detached from its position and drifted ...
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Mega-iceberg from Antarctica is headed toward South Georgia—here's what could happen
The seas around South Georgia have a long history of iceberg research. The island is in the middle of waters that researchers call "Iceberg Alley," a narrow strip of ocean full of icebergs that ...
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What we learnt flying over the world's largest iceberg A23a - and why it's not long for this world
One thousand feet above the world's largest iceberg, it's hard to believe what you're seeing. It stretches all the way to the horizon - a field of white as far as the eye can see. Its edge looks ...
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Iceberg A23a is taking a spin
The A23a iceberg is four times the size of New York ... can "separate into two distinct flows, generating a full-depth mass of rotating water between them," said the BBC. "In this instance ...
Thriving Antarctic ecosystems found in wake of recently detached iceberg
An international team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor (too) working in the Bellingshausen Sea rapidly pivoted ...
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The iceberg that sank Titanic
but it compacts with depth to become a third of its original size. Tens of metres below the surface it becomes so dense it turns to solid glacial ice. An immense iceberg In 1909, Ilulissat was ...
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World's largest and oldest iceberg runs aground near remote penguin island
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 ...