An unexpected spin cycle


A photo showing the world’s largest iceberg, A23a, near Antarctica. It’s unclear how long A23a will spin in place. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

FOR more than 30 years, the world’s largest iceberg was stuck in the Antarctic.

Five times the size of New York City’s land area and more than 330m deep, the mammoth piece of ice finally became loose in 2020 and began a slow drift toward the Southern Ocean.

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