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The world’s largest iceberg is heading north after escaping the polar vortex. A23a has an area of 3,800 square km and a thickness of 400 meters.
The glacier formed in Antarctica in 1986, but remained stuck near the coast.
It began moving north in 2020, but since the spring it has rotated in place after being caught in a rotating water column near the South Orkney Islands, it notes Noi.md with reference to .
On Friday, the British Antarctic Survey said it had started moving north again.
A23a is believed to eventually leave the Southern Ocean and enter the Atlantic Ocean, where it will encounter warmer waters and break up into smaller icebergs, eventually melting.
