NASA image of A23a taken on November 28, 2023. This iceberg is caught in a vortex and may be trapped for years. NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS ...

Unlike typical icebergs that drift and disintegrate relatively quickly after breaking off from Antarctic ice shelves, A23a has followed a different path. This massive ice formation detached from ...

A23a, as it’s known, broke away from the Antarctic coastline way back in 1986, but it's only recently begun a big migration. For more than 30 years, it was stuck rigidly in the bottom-muds of ...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is moving into the open waters near Antarctica after being essentially stuck in place for decades. It's seen here in satellite imagery from Nov. 15.

About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.

In this handout photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey, a view of the A23a iceberg is seen from the RRS Sir David Attenborough, Antarctica, Friday, 1 Dec 2023. open image in gallery.

A23a, nicknamed the "queen of icebergs," measures 1,222 miles (1,967 kilometers) in surface area, according to the U.S. National Ice Center. It first broke off from Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf ...

A23a, billed as the largest iceberg in existence right now, is falling apart as it slowly drifts away from Antarctica towards relatively warmers waters, the BBC reports. Photographers on a ship ...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is moving into the open waters near Antarctica after being essentially stuck in place for decades. It's seen here in satellite imagery from Nov. 15.

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, is moving into the open waters near Antarctica after being essentially stuck in place for decades. It's seen here in satellite imagery from Nov. 15. European ...