The largest iceberg – “A23A” with a huge whirlwind on the planet, in which it turned out to be in the spring near Antarctica, and moved again. According to BBC with reference to the British Antarctic Service, the iceberg drifts north.
“It is pleasant to see that” A23A “began to move again. We are interested in seeing whether it will go along the same route as the other large icebergs that have broken off from Antarctica. And what will be more important, what influence it will have on the local ecosystem” ” , – said Dr. Andrew Meyers, Oceanographer from the Antarctic Service of Great Britain (BAS).
Iceberg called “A23A” in size twice as much as London and weighs almost 1 trill of tons. Now the iceberg giant began to drift in the Southern Ocean.
The surface area “A23A” is about 4 thousand square kilometers, and the thickness is about 400 meters.
The giant ice block broke away from the film-gastle of the filchner in Antarctica back in 1986, but its “kilo” part at a depth of 350 m below Waterlinia caught on the bottom of the Wedell Sea, which remained for the iceberg for more than 30 years before before finally separated in 2020.