World's largest iceberg runs aground off remote island
The world's largest iceberg has run aground in shallow waters off the remote British island of South Georgia, home to millions of penguins and seals. The iceberg, which is about twice the size of ...
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The World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground, Potentially Averting a Collision With Penguin and Seal Breeding Areas
After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...
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World’s Largest Iceberg Heads Towards South Georgia – What Might Happen Next?
The world’s largest iceberg,A23a, is drifting closer to the remote island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. Originally calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea in 1986 ...
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A23a iceberg poses no threat to South Georgia, for now
The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has grounded 73 kilometers off South Georgia Island, alleviating concerns about a potential collision that could have disrupted the local wildlife's food supply.
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The World's Largest Iceberg Ran Aground Near A Remote Island In Antarctica, Which Might Benefit The Wildlife There
After months of drifting through the ocean, the world’s largest iceberg has finally run aground near a remote island in […] ...
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World’s biggest iceberg runs aground off South Georgia
it was feared that A23a would head towards South Georgia and impede access to feeding grounds for seals and penguins that breed on the island. But these concerns have abated as the iceberg appears ...
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World's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground near remote British island
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said Tuesday that the iceberg had apparently struck the continental shelf that surrounds South Georgia, getting stuck roughly 73 kilometres from the island itself.
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World’s Largest, Oldest Iceberg Runs Aground Near Antarctic Island
After a leisurely five-year journey, the ginormous iceberg A23a appears to have run aground near the Southern Ocean’s South Georgia Island, according to the British Antarctic Survey. A23a weighs ...
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A23a megaberg: Game of Thrones style ice wall runs aground near British island
A23a - the world’s largest and oldest iceberg - has run aground on the continental shelf near the island of South Georgia, scientists say. The nearly one-trillion-tonne block of ice was calved ...
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World's largest iceberg, A23a, grounded on British island
March 4 (UPI) --The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on ... A23a has stopped drifting and run aground on South Georgia, an unpopulated island that is part of the British Overseas ...
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World's largest iceberg — on collision course with remote penguin island — runs aground
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 ...
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground, comes to standstill off remote island
A23a calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 1986 and remained grounded on the seabed in the Weddell Sea for over ...