The village posted photos of the iceberg on social media. Residents on alert as enormous iceberg drifts dangerously close to land — here's why it poses such a threat first appeared on The Cool Down.

Southwest of South Georgia and stretching further than the eye can see, Iceberg A23a is 40 miles wide and a total of 3,100 Sq Km, making it larger than Greater London.

Ocean tides can trigger city-sized icebergs to break off from Antarctic ice shelves, scientists said on Thursday, offering a potential way to predict these dramatic events in the future.

In mid-July, residents of the Greenland village of Innaarsuit — population 180 — woke up to a startling sight. As mkweather.com reports, a massive iceberg had drifted perilously close to the ...