The world’s largest iceberg has stopped moving
The world’s largest iceberg has stopped moving
2024-08-13 04:00
Shafaq News/ The media office of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute announced that after a year of drifting, the largest iceberg, “A23a”, has stopped moving.
The office said in a statement: “The largest iceberg on Earth, A23a (4,366 square kilometres), which broke off from the Antarctic ice sheet 38 years ago, has stopped moving again after falling into an ocean gyre in the Scotia Sea.
It is noteworthy that the area of the giant iceberg that broke away from the Antarctic ice in 1986 is equivalent to three times the area of the city of St. Petersburg.
This iceberg had been frozen for 30 years in the Weddell Sea, but last spring it began drifting along the coast of Antarctica towards the Scotia Sea.
It is noteworthy that this huge iceberg rotates slowly and is greatly affected by the Antarctic Current.
“The warm waters of the Antarctic Current affect the underwater part of the iceberg, so it is very likely that it will break off and then drift into the Scotia Sea. But given its large size, this may take a long time,” says researcher Sergey Kashin.
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