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World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Free in Antarctica

World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Free in Antarctica

The largest iceberg in the world — A23a, nearly 1,500 square miles, about three times as big as New York City — has broken free of its anchor on the floor of the Weddell Sea and begun to drift toward the Southern Ocean. In 1986, the Antarctic iceberg calved off the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in […]

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    World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Free in Antarctica

    World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Free in Antarctica

    The largest iceberg in the world — A23a, nearly 1,500 square miles, about three times as big as New York City — has broken free of its anchor on the floor of the Weddell Sea and begun to drift toward the Southern Ocean. In 1986, the Antarctic iceberg calved off the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in […]