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DARK SECRETS: World s biggest iceberg moving beyond antarctic waters - The Real Truth

A satellite image of the world's largest iceberg, named A23a, seen in Antarctica on November 15, 2023
A satellite image of the world's largest iceberg, named A23a, seen in Antarctica on 15 November, 2023. The iceberg has broken loose and is drifting past the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Photograph: NASA/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

One of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters, after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey.

The iceberg, known as A23a, split from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. But it became stuck to the ocean floor and had remained for many years in the Weddell Sea.

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