One of the world’s largest icebergs spent 30 years stuck to the seafloor, then spun in circles, drifted past South Georgia and broke apart after nearly 40 years

Iceberg A23a, the size of Rhode Island, completed a nearly forty-year journey. It broke from Antarctica in 1986 and remained grounded for decades. The colossal berg then experienced a strange spinning detour near the South Orkney Islands. It narrowly avoided disrupting penguin colonies on South Georgia before melting. Scientists studied its journey and the nutrients released into the ocean.
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