World’s largest iceberg is stuck

The largest and oldest iceberg in the world has gotten stuck in shallow waters off the coast of South America. For several months the iceberg, called A23a, had been traveling from Antarctica toward South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Experts were worried that it could slam into the island and harm the millions of penguins and seals that live there, but instead it got held up about 50 miles from shore. A23a covers more than 1,300 square miles, making it twice the size of Houston, Texas. In 1986, it broke off from Antarctica’s Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf and spent the next 30 years in the Weddell Sea. In 2020, A23a began drifting north. Last year, it got caught in a column of rotating water for several months before heading…

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