Large icebergs near Antarctica. Credit: IOPD Expedition 318 science party, 2010 It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice ...

(Reuters) - Strong currents have taken hold of a massive Antarctic iceberg that is on a collision course towards South Georgia Island, causing it to shift direction and lose a major chunk of mass, a ...

An iceberg once deemed the largest in the world has shrunk to just about one-fifth of its original size, according to experts at the British Antarctic Survey. The berg, known as A23a, has been rapidly ...

Iceberg A23a, the largest iceberg in the world, is on a collision course with a remote British island off the coast of Antarctica. Weighing more than one trillion tons and measuring nearly 3,900 sq km ...

The South Georgia Islands might not be permanently populated by humans, but it is an important sanctuary for penguins, seals and other various creatures in the South Atlantic. But a giant iceberg, ...

The world's largest icebergs – which can be larger than entire countries in some cases – break off the Antarctic ice sheet. As they drift and melt in the Southern Ocean, they create a unique ...