The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with the British territory of South Georgia - potentially putting millions of penguins and seals in danger.
The trillion-tonne slab of ice, named A23a, broke free from its position last month and started drifting northwards.
The “megaberg” - which is twice the size of Greater London and 130 feet tall - is expected to approach the remote island off Antarctica in the next two to four weeks.
twice the size of Greater London and 130 feet tall
Fucking hell.
Here’s a picture:
Thanks! Thats awesome. You can also see it here.
It’s probably 400’ deep (i.e. draft) too then.
It’s almost incomprehensibly huge.
During the ice age the size of the Laurentide ice sheet was over 4km (2.5 miles) thick and 13m km2 (5m miles2)
This is completely irrelevant to the discussion at hand, except it’s another mind-blowingly huge piece of ice.
It’s a random fun fact and I suck them up like a sponge.
edit: soak. I soak them up like a sponge. That’s the word I couldn’t remember.
This guy sucks. Facts.
No, didn’t you read? He sucks facts.
This is the plot to Happy Feet 2.
“The ice taps back”
This sounds like a mechanical engineering test question.
D) All of the above
It’s also going to take several years to melt to the point that it’s no longer a danger to shipping. And as it melts, it will break up into more and more chunks.
If it gets near shipping lanes it will disrupt commerce for years.
Is this related to the doomsday iceberg that recently broke free? Basically the giant cork holding back the entire ice sheet?