"I am not aware of an iceberg that has been trapped in such a persistent manner in such a small area," said an ice specialist.

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NASA images reveal world's largest iceberg escaping Antarctica

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About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.

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The world's biggest and oldest iceberg is on the move once again

With a surface area more than twice that of Greater London's, A23a is the biggest iceberg on the planet, having calved from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986.The frozen leviathan is now on the move across Antarctica seas once more having spent the last few months going round in circles.
			   Its first few decades of freedom were anticlimactic, sitting anchored on the sea floor until finally in 2020 it began inching towards the Southern Ocean…

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The World's Largest Iceberg Has Broken Free And Is On The Move

Images of the largest iceberg in the world have been snapped by NASA as it drifts toward its doom in warmer waters. The iceberg, named A-23A (sometimes called A23a), just escaped from an ocean current vortex that had trapped it just to the north of the South Orkney Islands for months, rotating anticlockwise more or less on the spot at a rate of about 15 degrees every day. Now, the iceberg has broken free of this watery cage and is floating north…

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NASA Images Reveal World’s Largest Iceberg Escaping Antarctica

The largest iceberg in the world is floating freely once again after being trapped in a swirling ocean vortex for several months.  The iceberg is called A23a and spans roughly 1,500 square miles, which puts it at about the same size as the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is around 1,300 feet thick and weighs almost one trillion metric tons. In August 1986, A23a split from Antarctica. It was part of the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf on the northwest si…

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The World’s Largest Iceberg Was Trapped In A Swirling Ocean Vortex For Months, But It’s Floating Freely Once Again

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A satellite time-lapse shows the world's biggest iceberg is on the move again

Experts are expecting the iceberg to drift into the Atlantic Ocean.

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'Megaberg' twice the size of London as broken free into the ocean

The massive "A-23A" iceberg, the largest of its kind on Earth, broke off from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986 and has been drifting in the icy waters of Antarctica.

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World's Largest Iceberg Breaks Away from Antarctica

Scientists will study the iceberg’s interactions with ecosystems to find out more about the nutrients they can spread throughout the ocean.The A23a is bigger than greater London(c)Theresa-Gossman-Matthew-Gascoyne-Christopher_GreyA mega-iceberg double the size of Greater London is now drifting in the Southern Ocean after breaking out of an ocean phenomenon that kept it spinning on its spot.A23a originally calved from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice She…

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World’s largest iceberg breaks free in the Antarctic

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