According to scientists, the world’s largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in nearly 30 years.
The 4,000 square kilometer iceberg is reportedly drifting past the Antarctic Peninsula’s northern tip and is set to end up in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, where it will then likely be put on trajectory to the Southern Ocean’s so-called iceberg alley.
“An iceberg of this scale has the potential to survive for quite a long time in the Southern Ocean, even though it’s much warmer, and it could make its way farther north up toward South Africa where it can disrupt shipping,” said British Antarctic Survey glaciologist Oliver Marsh.
It’s still unknown what caused the iceberg to dislodge from the bottom of the Weddell Sea, where it’s been stuck since 1986.
