The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, has been drifting through the Southern Ocean after spending several months stuck. A23a has claimed the title of “largest current iceberg” multiple times since the 1980s, though it has occasionally been overtaken by larger, yet shorter-lived icebergs, such as A68 in 2017 and A76 in 2021. VIDEO: After three decades stuck to the ocean floor, …
LONDON — Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world — a “lucky” encounter that enabled scientists to collect seawater samples around the colossal berg as it drifts out of Antarctic waters, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday. “It is incredibly lucky that the iceberg’s route out of the Weddell Sea sat directly across …
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The A23a iceberg, as seen from the RRS Sir David Attenborough off of Antarctica on Friday, in a photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey. Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world — a “lucky” encounter that enabled scientists to collect seawater samples around the colossal berg as it drifts out of Antarctic …
With rising temperatures and warming of ocean waters, glaciers are melting at a faster rate. Since it separated from Antarctica three years ago, the iceberg is drifting towards the Atlantic ocean. Last week, scientists from the US National Ice Center discovered two new pieces calved from this giant iceberg, A68e and A68f. There are now four separate iceberg pieces including …
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