After being trapped in a vortex for most of this year, the world's largest iceberg has torn itself free and is on the move.
About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for ...
"I am not aware of an iceberg that has been trapped in such a persistent manner in such a small area," said an ice specialist ...
The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, is on the move again after months stuck in ocean currents, and the scientists are tracking ...
The iceberg has been spinning in a Taylor Column, since April, according to Nasa. A Taylor Column is rotating waters that form above underwater mountains and trap objects in place, according to BAS.
"It's exciting to see A23a on the move again after periods of being stuck," oceanographer Andrew Meijers said.
The "megaberg" A23a is on the move again after spinning in one spot for months on end. This is the ice slab's second great escape in as many years after being stuck in place for the first 37 years of ...
In 2020, it came free and floated in the Weddell Sea until it got trapped in a Taylor Column, a phenomenon in oceans that traps objects drifting over underwater mountains in water vortexes.
The iceberg has been spinning in a Taylor Column, since April, according to Nasa. A Taylor Column is rotating waters that form above underwater mountains and trap objects in place, according to BAS.
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