A23a, the world's biggest iceberg, is on the move 37 years after it broke off from Antarctica. The iceberg, which covers about 1,500 square miles, is set to enter the Atlantic Ocean.

The Great Escape Oceanographer Andrew Meijers expressed excitement about A23a’s newfound mobility. "It's exciting to see A23a on the move again after periods of being stuck," he remarked.

A23a will likely be ejected into what's called the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which will put it on a path that has become known as "iceberg alley," the BBC reports.

A23a has held the “largest current iceberg” title several times since the 1980s, occasionally being surpassed by larger but shorter-lived icebergs, including A68 in 2017 and A76 in 2021.

However, A23a may not hold its size title for long, because as of May 16, it is only around 12 square miles (31 square km) larger than the next-biggest iceberg, D15A, according to the U.S ...

Residents of Innaarsuit, a tiny village in Greenland, were stunned to see that a huge iceberg is now lurking just off-shore.

The huge iceberg A23a measures almost 1,500 square miles, roughly twice the size of Greater London, and is as tall as the Shard in London. Dr Andrew Meijers, physical ...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is adrift again after being stuck for months. Having broken free from an underwater vortex, the trillion-ton iceberg is now heading north towards South Georgia ...

A23a could cut off such access. In 2020, another giant iceberg, A68, stirred fears that it would collide with South Georgia, crushing marine life on the sea floor and cutting off food access.

Today, A23a still covers an area of about 3,800 sq km (1,470 sq miles) but the processes of erosion and melting will only accelerate as it journeys further into rougher and warmer waters.

(CNN) — The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said ...

A23a has held the “largest current iceberg” title several times since the 1980s, occasionally being surpassed by larger but shorter-lived icebergs, including A68 in 2017 and A76 in 2021.