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- World's largest iceberg runs aground, sparing crucial wildlife haven
World's largest iceberg runs aground, sparing crucial wildlife haven
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The A23a iceberg has been drifting northwards from Antarctica towards South Georgia island since 2020, raising concerns it could collide with the island or run aground in shallower water. As of the latest information available, the iceberg is approximately 73 kilometers away from the island.
This could reduce the amount of food coming back to pups and chicks on the island, and so increase mortality.
If the iceberg stays grounded, we don't expect it to significantly affect the local wildlife.
In the last few decades, the many icebergs that end up taking this route through the Southern Ocean soon break up, disperse and melt.
It will be interesting to see what will happen now.
