A23a: Monster iceberg just shy of a trillion tonnes
Scientists use a radar satellite to take a "tape measure" to the world's biggest block of ice.
Source: yahoo.com
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Scientists use a radar satellite to take a "tape measure" to the world's biggest block of ice.
The measurements of A23a come from the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 mission.
Satellite measurements show the frozen block has a total average thickness of just over 280m (920ft).
Scientists say they've figured out how much A23a, the world's biggest iceberg, weighs - and it's a whopper.
Scientists say they've figured out how much A23a, the world's biggest iceberg, weighs - and it's a whopper.