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The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, continues to dance in the open ocean. Satellite visuals created by the Imagery Production Team made available in CIRA’s Satellite Library were used by several high-profile media outlets to highlight the phenomenon. More information and links can be found below. (POC: K. Erickson, kim.erickson@colostate.edu, D. Smith, dakota.smith@colostate.edu J. Reiter, josh.reiter@colostate.edu, CIRA) Funding: JPSS.
NPR: “The world’s largest iceberg is stuck twirling in an ocean vortex”. https://www.npr.org/2024/08/10/nx-s1-5069771/iceberg-a23a-spinning-ocean-vortex-trapped-taylor-column
The Washington Post: “World’s largest iceberg spins at sea”. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/climate-environment/worlds-largest-iceberg-spins-at-sea/2024/08/12/2bc46322-b8f5-40cf-9243-7e4bec13e493_video.html; https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/12/largest-iceberg-spinning-antarctica/