Split signals end for remnant of Antarctic iceberg A68a
The once-mighty iceberg A68a looks to be in its death throes.
The largest fragment from a block of Antarctic ice that originally measured some 5,800 sq km (2,240 sq miles) in area has suffered another major split.
Satellite imagery shows at least two segments drifting close together about 135km south-east of the British territory of South Georgia. They will no doubt soon move further apart.
For more than three years, A68a was the biggest iceberg in the world.
At its greatest extent, it was about a quarter of the size of Wales - or New Jersey or Israel.
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