World's largest iceberg, A23a, is drifting towards the British island of South Georgia. A23a has been monitored for 30 years, since it first calved from Filchner ice shelf in Antarctica.
If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young could starve.
It’s also a natural process happening more frequently because of human-caused climate change, said British Antarctic Survey physical oceanographer Andrew Meijers, who examined the iceberg up close in December 2023 when it drifted past the research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough.
The colossal iceberg A23a, towering at 40 meters and spanning an area greater than the Australian Capital Territory, is now advancing towards South Georgia Island, a remote British territory near Antarctica.
The world's largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards the island of South Georgia. Looking at some ducks, Charlie Thomas thought 'Oh, aren't they just delightful?' "And then suddenly they start pulling off little scraps of penguin flesh off the bones." Audio
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If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young could starve.
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Environmentalists fear for the island's rare king penguins and millions of elephant and fur seals if iceberg collides.