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A 'megaberg' three times the size of New York City is on the move

The Washington Post · last updated

The world’s largest iceberg is on the move, drifting out of the Southern Ocean because of steering wind and ocean currents. The “megaberg,” as some scientists have called it, broke off from an ice shelf more than three decades ago and has been pretty stationary ever since — until now.

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