Current Affair 1:

Recently, A23a, the largest iceberg on record, began its journey in the South Atlantic after detaching from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

This is the biggest iceberg in the world! A23a, currently sitting 145 nautical miles southwest of South Georgia in the sub-Antarctic.

A23a is a large tabular iceberg that calved off from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986. It was stuck in the Weddell Sea for many years but started moving north in 2020.

 

It’s 3700 square kilometres in size, making it even bigger than the island of South Georgia itself.

If it does ground at South Georgia, it might cause problems for the millions of seals, penguins and other seabirds that breed on the island. A23a's great bulk could disrupt the animals' normal foraging routes, preventing them from feeding their young properly.

 

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