According to recent satellite imagery, the Antarctic iceberg, A23a, is drifting beyond the northern edge of the Antarctic Peninsula.
As per the British Antarctic Survey, the world's largest iceberg, A23a, is currently adrift and moving for the first time in over three decades. Recent satellite imagery indicates that strong winds and currents are propelling the Antarctic iceberg beyond the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. British Antarctic Survey glaciologist Oliver Marsh said it was rare to see an iceberg this big moving and the scientists will be watching its course closely.
A remote sensing expert from the British Antarctic Survey Andrew Fleming told BBC that the iceberg was drifting apart for a year and it seemed to have picked up the pace now. "I asked a couple of colleagues about this, wondering if there was any possible change in shelf water temperatures that might have provoked it, but the consensus is the time had just come."
