The press service of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute reported that the world's largest iceberg A23a was washed up in the Southern Ocean as a result of drift. According to experts, his future fate will be determined in the next month.
It is assumed that the iceberg will either cease to exist in the Skosha Sea under the influence of wind and warm ocean waters, or will remain in the Weddell cycle system and will drift for several more years.
Iceberg A23a broke off from the outer edge of the Filchner ice shelf in 1986. After that, for more than 30 years, he was stranded in the central part of the Weddell Sea. However, in the spring of 2023, the iceberg began to actively drift towards the ice edge. Employees of the Ice and Hydrometeorological Information Center monitored it weekly according to satellite data.
During the Antarctic winter, the iceberg, moving along the shores of the Antarctic Peninsula, made a journey of 1,118 nautical miles (2,070 km). During the drift, A23a did not suffer significant losses in the area. Now it is about 4170 sq. km.
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