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A23a: Colossal iceberg stuck spinning in ocean trap

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World's biggest iceberg, A23a , has been captured on top of a huge rotating cylinder of water.

The frozen block is more than twice the size of Greater London .

It broke free from the Antarctic coastline way back in 1986 , but got stuck in the Weddell Sea .

It re-floated and started to drift again, slowly at first , before then charging north towards warmer air and waters.

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84

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84

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21

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semi-formal

Language

English

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40

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medium-lived

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