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The extraordinary life and quiet death of the world's largest iceberg

By Chris Heath · National Geographic · July 2026
The extraordinary life and quiet death of the world's largest iceberg
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"Forty years after breaking away from Antarctica, the frozen colossus known as A23a died as it lived: drifting around the bottom of the globe, fascinating ardent observers, and offering scientists critical new insights about our living ocean."

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