NASA Tracks Iceberg A-81 as It Approaches South Georgia
The reported slowdown does not establish that the iceberg has run agground.
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Outline A-81’s route and explain what the report does and does not establish about its position near South Georgia.
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A-81 separated from the Brunt Ice Shelf, spent over three years in the Weddell Sea and moved north into the Scotia Sea. It slowed near South Georgia’s submerged shelf, but the report does not confirm that it has run aground.
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