Timelapse Shows World’s Largest Iceberg Running Aground Off Remote Island

Timelapse outer imagery captured the movements of the world’s largest iceberg earlier it ran aground successful shallow h2o disconnected the distant British land of South Georgia.

The mega-iceberg A23a weighs astir a trillion metric tonnes and, erstwhile measured successful August 2024, was recovered to beryllium somewhat smaller than Rhode Island and much than doubly the size of London. It had been drifting with the currents of the Southern Ocean towards South Georgia since 2020, the according to British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

It was feared the iceberg could person impacted the wildlife of South Georgia, location to ample colonies of penguins and seals, but those fears person abated arsenic the berg appeared to person grounded connected the continental support astir 90 km (56 miles) from shore, the BAS said.

CSU/CIRA & NOAA captured the iceberg moving done the Southern Ocean toward South Georgia implicit the people of February.

A23a is expected to yet interruption up, according to the BAS, and the smaller icebergs it produces volition airs a hazard to sportfishing and shipping operations arsenic they are harder to observe and track. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful