On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel HMS Resolution sat at anchor in the bay, Cook went ashore, hoisted the ...

The world’s largest iceberg,A23a, is drifting closer to the remote island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic. Originally calved from the Filchner Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea in 1986, this ...

Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for large icebergs, new satellite images show. Measuring 1,240 square miles (3,460 square ...

In October 2025 approximately 250 m3 / eight 20ft shipping containers of building materials and vehicles will be shipped to ...

The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica toward the island of South Georgia.. The iceberg, called A23a, was previously ...

Antarctic iceberg A-23A stuck in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean on March 4, 2025, as seen by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite.

An iceberg seen on NASA’s Aqua satellite, known as A23a, center, is visible as it heads toward South Georgia Island, top, on Jan. 15, 2025, off the coast of Antarctica.

A23 is the largest iceberg in the world. Getty Images. Then in January, the mega-berg was spotted making a bee-line for South Georgia Island — a British territory known for its unique wildlife ...