A23a, the world's largest and oldest iceberg, is finally cruising again through icy ocean waters after an unexpected delay. This summer, A23a got stuck near the South Orkney Islands, twirling in ...

A23a broke off from Antarctica in 1986 and almost immediately got stuck after a deep section of it grounded on the seafloor. Recently, it became dislodged and started drifting again.

"It's a trillion tons of ice," as one expert told NPR. Now the largest iceberg in the world, A23a, is on the move after decades of being grounded on the seafloor.

The world's biggest iceberg is on the move – and it's got the moves.. The nearly 1,000-ton iceberg, known as A23a, located near Antarctica has done a twirl and spun in a circle. It's not totally ...

A23a's great bulk could disrupt the animals' normal foraging routes, preventing them from feeding their young properly. But it would be wrong to think of icebergs as being just objects of danger ...

A23a broke off from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986, and remained grounded on the seabed in the Weddell Sea for over 30 years before beginning its slow journey north in 2020.

A23a has held the “largest current iceberg” title several times since the 1980s, occasionally being surpassed by larger but shorter-lived icebergs, including A68 in 2017 and A76 in 2021.

However, A23a may not hold its size title for long, because as of May 16, it is only around 12 square miles (31 square km) larger than the next-biggest iceberg, D15A, according to the U.S ...

A23a, as it's known, broke away from the Antarctic coastline way back in 1986, but it's only recently begun a big migration. For more than 30 years, it was stuck rigidly in the bottom-muds of the ...

A23a has held the “largest current iceberg” title several times since the 1980s, occasionally being surpassed by larger but shorter-lived icebergs, including A68 in 2017 and A76 in 2021.

A23a could block the creatures' normal foraging routes, preventing them from feeding their young, according to reports. Read more. Iceberg five times the size of New York breaks Away from Antarctica; ...

A23a - the world’s largest and oldest iceberg - has run aground on the continental shelf near the island of South Georgia, scientists say.. The “megaberg” – which is twice the size of ...