Eventually, iceberg A23a will break up and enter the waters of South Georgia. With climate change accelerating, this is likely to happen sooner rather than later.

A23a started to drift up through the Southern Ocean in 2020, when currents put it on a possible collision course with South Georgia. The iceberg and the island are about the same size in square miles.

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice chunks around the Antarctic island of South Georgia.

Iceberg A-23A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.

The movement of iceberg A23a towards South Georgia is monitored for potential ecological impacts, though it is unlikely to disrupt local wildlife significantly. This summary was automatically ...

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 ...

The world’s largest iceberg is heading towards a remote British island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean and could threaten millions of penguins and seals that live there. The huge iceberg ...

According to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the 3,600 square kilometer iceberg known as A23a broke off from Antarctica and was reportedly going adrift in the South Atlantic, probably towards ...

A23a megaberg: Game of Thrones style ice wall on course to hit British island. The world’s largest iceberg, stretching from horizon to horizon, is on course to hit South Georgia Island ...