South Georgia, forty year old Antarctica iceberg breaking up and drifting north

South Georgia, forty year old Antarctica iceberg breaking up and drifting north

Almost four decades after breaking from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, a still massive iceberg is showing its age. The berg, named A-23A, is shedding large chunks of ice as it drifts in the southern South Atlantic Ocean, about 2,400 kilometers north of its birthplace.