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World’s largest iceberg on collision course with penguin-populated island
A23a, a massive iceberg nearly the size of Rhode Island, towering at 40 meters, is on a collision course with South Georgia.
MercoPress3y
Recapture of South Georgia will always be a part of the story of the Falkland Islands
This followed an initial incursion on 3 April by the Argentine military, which was one of the earliest flashpoints of the Falkland Islands War. Today, South Georgia is known as one of sub ...
Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica
The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — could slam into South Georgia Island, making it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young could even starve.
Smithsonian Magazine22d
Inside the Struggle to Preserve Georgia’s Butler Island, Home to a Notorious Plantation
Descendants of people enslaved at the site are grappling with its complicated history while also honoring the region's rich ...
National Geographic news3y
Resurrection Island
This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. South Georgia rises sheer and stark from the sea, a hundred-mile arc of dark Antarctic peaks, ice fields, and hanging ...
Sport Diver magazine2d
Diving Antarctica's South Georgia Island
Dive into a bit of history in the waters surrounding this remote Antarctic island, the site of famed explorer Sir Ernest ...
PBS6y
Rebuilding the South After the War
Sherman, enters Savannah, Georgia, at Christmas ... He's trying to demonstrate that the South has no power that can prevent the North from prevailing in this war. If he can march right through ...
World’s largest iceberg on collision course with British island
Frozen mass known as A23a threatens penguin and seal colonies on South Georgia and is expected to make contact in two to four weeks ...