A23a, the world’s largest and oldest iceberg, broke off Antarctica nearly 40 years ago. In 2020, it began to journey toward South Georgia.

A23a started to drift up through the Southern Ocean in 2020, when currents put it on a possible collision course with South Georgia. The iceberg and the island are about the same size in square miles.

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An iceberg seen on NASA’s Aqua satellite, known as A23a, center, is visible as it heads toward South Georgia Island, top, on Jan. 15, 2025, off the coast of Antarctica. (NASA Worldview via AP) ...

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The world's largest iceberg might be on a collision course for South Georgia Island. If it grounds on the continental shelf there, it could seriously disrupt wildlife and shipping in the area ...

An iceberg known as A23a, center, is visible as it heads toward South Georgia Island, top, on Jan. 15 off the coast of Antarctica. NASA Worldview ...

By 1825, an estimated 1.2 million fur seals were slaughtered for their pelts; between 1904 and 1965 the six South Georgia whaling stations processed 175,250 whales for their profitable oil and ...