Currently, the gigantic iceberg A23a is moving toward the South Atlantic Ocean and will strike South Georgia Island in two to four weeks.
The world's biggest iceberg is drifting toward a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, including seals and penguins.
Visible from space, the world’s largest iceberg is headed towards a remote Antarctic island, threatening local animals.
Iceberg A23a, one of the world's largest icebergs, is drifting toward South Georgia, posing potential risks to wildlife and sailors.
While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency or size.
The world's biggest iceberg -- more than twice the size of London -- could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins
If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young could starve.
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 iceberg has been floating for the past two years.
A23a, the world’s largest iceberg, broke loose from Antarctica; now it’s spiraling towards South Georgia Island.
A23a has followed roughly the same path as previous massive icebergs, passing the east side of the Antarctica Peninsula through the Weddell Sea along a route called "iceberg alley." That is the ...
This is not the first time an iceberg has posed a threat to South Georgia. In 2004, iceberg A38 "grounded on its continental shelf, leaving dead penguin chicks and seal pups on beaches as massive ice chunks blocked their access to feeding grounds,