After eight months trapped in a whirlpool in the Southern Ocean, the world’s largest iceberg is on the move again — and potentially on a path to hit the island of South Georgia. The island ...

Shackleton made the trip to the island in just three weeks. “Usually the icebergs take a bit longer (he had sails),” he said. A map of South Georgia and Sandwich Islands: Eventually ...

Iceberg A23a (bottom left) and South Georgia Island (top right) as seen by Aqua's MODIS image on January 15, 2025. Credit: NASA. Most people picture icebergs like big floating boulders in the ocean.

away from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, according to location coordinates from the U.S. National Ice Center. A collision with these islands could be catastrophic for the large ...

The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica toward the island of South Georgia. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...