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World's Biggest Iceberg on Collision Course With Wildlife Haven

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - The world's largest iceberg is on course to collide with the
   island of South Georgia, a key haven for wildlife in the south Atlantic
   Ocean, scientists say. They add it could have a grave impact on the
   ecology and economy of the island.

   The giant iceberg carved off the Larsen C ice shelf on the eastern
   Antarctic peninsula in 2017. Named by scientists as A68a, it has since
   drifted toward South Georgia, a remote British island.

   Satellite images show the iceberg is still largely intact. Some 150
   kilometers long and 48 kilometers wide, it is traveling at one
   kilometer per hour and is on course to hit South Georgia in around 30
   days.

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