The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting the area.

The iceberg had been stuck in a rotating water column near the South Orkney Islands since last April, said Andrew Meijers from the British Antarctic Survey. "It has now come loose from this ...

There is a chance the iceberg will not even collide with South Georgia. "It could avoid the shelf and get carried into open water beyond South Georgia," said The Guardian. "Or it could strike the ...

However, current forecasts suggest that A23a will be pushed by ocean currents to a stretch of water called the Drake Passage, often referred to as the place "where icebergs go to die." South ...

For every bit of the iceberg above the water’s surface, there’s ten times more below, Meijers said. It’s not exactly high-speed action. The iceberg is making its way at a glacial pace of one ...

"The island acts as an obstacle for ocean currents and therefore usually diverts the water long before it reaches the island," he said. "The iceberg is moved by that water flow, so the chances of ...

The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that's home to millions of penguins and seals. The trillion-ton slab ...