The drifting iceberg released itself free three decades after it latched onto the seafloor of the Weddell Sea but was once ...

Science With an area of approximately 3200 km² (1235 square miles), the giant iceberg A-23A embarked on an epic journey ...

THE world’s biggest iceberg which is twice the size of Greater London has run aground after heading ominously toward a British island. The titanic A23a iceberg left fishermen in fear – ...

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It then began drifting toward South Georgia in 2020, but in late 2024 the iceberg got stuck within a Taylor Column, an oceanographic phenomenon where water spins objects while keeping them in ...

The island is uninhabited due to its remoteness and lack of infrastructure; the only people on the island are temporary residents working at research stations.

"The iceberg is moved by that water flow ... While icebergs are natural phenomena, Meijers said the rate at which they were being lost from Antarctica was increasing, likely due to human induced ...

For several months, the iceberg had been locked up in a Taylor Column, one of the most rare oceanographic phenomena. In this phenomenon, a rotating water mass above a seamount traps a column of ...

Iceberg A23a has halted near South Georgia, sparking concerns over wildlife disruptions and ecosystem changes.

In this oceanographic phenomenon, rotating water traps objects ... Researchers foresee that the iceberg will continue its route into the South Atlantic, following the Antarctic Circumpolar Current ...