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  1. · icebergs · antarctica · data

    Eight Antarctic icebergs moved over 30 km in six days

    The US National Ice Center refixed all 33 tracked Antarctic icebergs on 13 August. Eight moved more than 30 km in six days. Nine did not move at all.

  2. · icebergs · penguins · antarctica

    Cape Denison: the iceberg that shut a bay for a decade

    An iceberg knocked the Mertz Glacier Tongue off in 2010 and grounded nearby. Summer sea ice at Cape Denison went from 4 percent to 54 percent.

  3. · icebergs · antarctica · data

    What is the largest iceberg in the world right now?

    D15A, at 3,037 square kilometres, is the largest iceberg on the US National Ice Center list. It holds a quarter of all tracked Antarctic berg area.