Since Antarctica has had a large ice cap for around 34 million years, the remote islands around Iceberg Alley have seen countless icebergs pass by.

In 1927, the South American state claimed South Georgia and then, in 1938, the South Sandwich Islands. Argentina made several attempts to secure the islands and even had a military outpost there ...

As of Jan. 16, the megaberg, known as A23a, is roughly 180 miles (290 kilometers) away from South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, according to location coordinates from the U.S. National ...

It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate ...

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 ...

Antarctica: World's Largest ... Furthermore, according to Mark Belchier, director of fisheries and environment for the government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, ...

Since James Cook claimed it for Britain in 1775, South Georgia has been rather mournful. By the time Ernest Shackleton washed up here on a small lifeboat in 1916 after escaping Antarctica when the ...

The team examined patterns of seismic waves from 121 repeating earthquakes recorded near Antarctica's South Sandwich Islands and off the coast of South America between 1991 and 2024.

South Orkney is one of these islands, and scientists have found that it preserves evidence of icebergs from as long as 3 ...