Scientists for the first time made incredible shots of arches and caves of the world’s largest iceberg (photo)
The research vessel of EYOS Expeditions managed to get close to the world’s largest free-floating iceberg and take breathtaking footage. This was reported by CNN.
The photos show the arches and cavernous hollows that have formed. The footage also shows the huge size of the ice block.
The iceberg gradually breaks up as it moves north of Antarctica, where it is met by warmer waters and milder air. The expedition team even witnessed huge chunks of ice breaking off and falling into the sea.
A23a detached from the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in West Antarctica in 1986. However, it almost immediately ran aground in the Weddell Sea. It was only almost three decades later that he was able to escape from captivity and continue his voyage.
It weighs almost a trillion tons, is about 400 meters thick, and covers an area of almost 4,000 km2. And now this huge structure is rapidly drifting north of Antarctica.
Interestingly, it has lost the title of the world’s largest iceberg several times. Thus, it was outperformed by A68 in 2017 and A76 in 2021. But thanks to its durability, the A23a regained the lead every time. However, it will not last forever and will eventually disappear completely, scientists say. Therefore, it is quite possible that these are his last photos in such a majestic form.
