For every bit of the iceberg above the water's surface, there's 10 times more below, according to the expert. In the past, other mega-icebergs had fallen apart 'quickly over the course of several ...

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

A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.

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 ...

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 ...

However, a side effect of the melting was the release of a colossal 152 billion tons of fresh water in close ... Georgia, the iceberg’s keel had reduced to 141 meters below the ocean surface ...

Then, the iceberg was carried away by ocean currents before it became stuck again in a Taylor column –– the name given to a spinning vortex of water caused by ocean currents hitting an ...

Weighing a little under a trillion tonnes ... the water long before it reaches the island," he said. "The iceberg is moved by that water flow, so the chances of it hitting are not that high ...

For every bit of the iceberg above the water’s surface, there’s ten times more below, Meijers said. The iceberg is making its way at a glacial pace of one meter every three to seven seconds ...

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 meter ...