A68a Iceberg of Antarctica

The giant iceberg A68 has been drifting from in the Atlantic Ocean, this year due to an ocean current, the iceberg was propelled into the South Atlantic Ocean
A68 iceberg is the biggest block of free-floating ice from Antarctica with an area of about 5,800 sq. km
A68a, an iceberg roughly the size of the state of Delaware, split off from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017.
This year, due to an ocean current, the iceberg was propelled into the South Atlantic Ocean and since then it has been drifting towards the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, prompting fears about the impact the iceberg could have on the island’s abundant wildlife.
Since then it has been drifting towards the remote island of South Georgia, which is a British Overseas Territory (BOT).
According ecologists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), which will launch a research mission to study A68a’s impact on the ecosystem next month, if the iceberg gets stuck near the island, it could mean that penguins and seals will have to travel farther in search of food, and for some this might mean that they don’t get back in time to prevent their offspring from starving to death
There are some positives of an iceberg being stuck in the open ocean, since icebergs carry dust which fertilizes ocean plankton, which draws up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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