A23a made worldwide news last week after it moved out of the Weddell Sea sector into the Southern Ocean. It calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986, before being grounded on the seabed nearby ...

In 2021, for instance, it was supplanted by iceberg A-76, which broke from the Ronne Ice Shelf, also in the Weddell Sea. But that giant soon fractured into smaller icebergs , putting A23a back ...

Scientists will keep a close eye on it as it could threaten wildlife near ... but by August 2022 the iceberg's tether had melted away and A23a started its current voyage across the Weddell Sea.

The iceberg — equivalent to three times the size of New York City and more than twice the size of Greater London — had been grounded for more than three decades in the Weddell Sea after it ...

Polynyas are more than holes in Antarctic ice – they’re vital hotspots where marine life thrives and the ocean breathes ...

This digital model allows us to visualize the ship as if it were above water, revealing details invisible to the human eye in ...

Shimmering gold lies in wait… ” promises the website of treasure hunter Martin Bayerle. It is now 44 years since he ...

Iceberg A23a first broke away from the Filchner Ice Shelf, in the southern Weddell Sea on Antarctica, back in 1986 - and has now broken free for the first time in three decades.

A new animation shows the recent trajectory of the A23a iceberg as it moves north out of the Weddell Sea. Among the clouds and sea ice, the iceberg is shown alongside the tracks of previous large ...

LONDON — Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world — a “lucky” encounter that enabled scientists to collect seawater samples around the ...

West Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Sheet birthed the behemoth in 1986, but shortly after its emergence, iceberg A23a became grounded in the Weddell Sea, rendering it immobile.