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The largest remaining block of ice that broke off from the Antarctic

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Peninsula could strike land this month wrecking Havoc are the

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Waters of the South, Georgia Island.

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In 2017 the lump of ice more than twice the size of Luxembourg

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broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf spawning one of the largest

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icebergs on record.

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3 years later the a68 iceberg is being carried by currents

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in the open Waters of the South Atlantic / 1,000 kilometers

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from his birthplace over the course of the past.

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Two-and-a-half weeks. The iceberg has moved approximately

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180 km.

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Today the giant bird lives around 120 km from South Georgia.

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If it remains on its current path the iceberg could soon reach

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the Island Shores.

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The iceberg could ground the shallow Waters offshore threatening

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Wildlife including penguins.

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Are these animals need access to the sea to feed the iceberg

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could easily blocked their foraging Roots preventing them from

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feeding their young?

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It could also disturb the ecosystem by crushing animal and plant

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life on the seafloor.

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Satellite missions such as Copernicus Sentinel 1 have been used

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to track the birds progress as it drifts across the ocean.

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The Sentinel 1 constellation is indispensable for monitoring

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the movement of icebergs as a delivers radar images every 6 days,

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even when Antarctica is shrouded in darkness for several

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months of the year.

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Follow the icebergs Journey with Isa Earth observation.