The slow-motion dance is the latest act in a decades-long journey that A23a embarked on after splitting from Antarctica in 1986. It is also staving off the iceberg’s demise.

About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.

T he world's largest iceberg, A23a, is spinning north of Antarctica and it probably will do so for a long time. The block of ice is caught in a swirling ocean current caused by an obstruction on ...

March 4 (UPI) --The oldest and largest iceberg on Earth landed on a sub-Antarctic island belonging to Britain Tuesday.

In this handout photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey, a view of the A23a iceberg is seen from the RRS Sir David Attenborough, Antarctica, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023.

Images of the largest iceberg in the world have been snapped by NASA as it drifts toward its doom in warmer waters.. The iceberg, named A-23A (sometimes called A23a), just escaped from an ocean ...

A23a, nicknamed the "queen of icebergs," measures 1,222 miles (1,967 kilometers) in surface area, according to the U.S. National Ice Center. It first broke off from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf ...

A new satellite photo has revealed that the "megaberg," A23a, is beginning to break apart, spawning thousands of smaller ice chunks around the Antarctic island of South Georgia.

The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.

The world’s largest iceberg, named A23a, near Antarctica in April. Credit... Derren Fox, British Antarctic Survey. By Remy Tumin. Published Aug. 7, 2024 Updated Aug. 9, 2024. Leer en español.

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