Suspenseful journey of a colossal iceberg captivates scientists

Meet the most suspenseful berg on Earth.

Enormous iceberg A-68a, which at some 1,500 square miles is currently larger than Rhode Island, has captured the attention of Antarctic and earth science researchers. For over a month, it's gradually approached South Georgia Island in the remote Southern Atlantic Ocean. Now, the berg is flirting with grounding, and potentially getting stuck, off the island. The event is a big curiosity: It's unknown what the great berg will ultimately do and how it might impact life on and around the biologically-rich, penguin-populated island.

"It's a fascinating berg, given the size and trajectory," said Stef Lhermitte, an assistant professor in the Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing at Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands. Read more...

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