World's Biggest Iceberg Is Moving In Antarctica For First Time In 30 Years
The world ’s biggest iceberg – larger than the country of Rhode Island – is on the move for the first time in over three decade . valuate 4,000 straightforward klick ( 1,500 square nautical mile ) and some 400 meter ( 1,312 feet ) thick , the metropolis - sized iceberg A23a was created in August 1986 when it was calved from the Antarctic coastline . The drift ice clod quickly became ground in the muddy seafloor and stayed put in the Weddell Sea ....