095 Iceberg A-68a
Curiously Polar
English - April 07, 2020 05:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Science Earth Sciences arctic antarctic pole polar svalbard greenland north pole south pole polar bear penguin Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Arctic and the Antarctic are privileged locations for observers interested in understanding how our world is shaped by the forces of nature and the workings of history. These areas have inspired countless humans to undertake epic expeditions of discov
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In March, Henry had the chance to make a rare encounter: At the edge of the Weddell Sea, in Powell Basin, the world's largest existing iceberg presented a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With a surface area of 5,800 square kilometres, twice the size of Luxembourg, larger than Delaware and weighing one trillion tonnes, it is one of the largest recorded icebergs, the largest being B-15 which measured 11,000 square kilometres before breaking up. The calving of A-68 reduced the overall size of the Larsen C shelf by 12 percent. With a speed of currently up to 5 nautical miles per day the iceberg is moving away from the Antarctic Peninsula into the warmer waters of the South Atlantic.