{"id":14417,"date":"2023-11-24T17:36:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T17:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/worlds-largest-iceberg-off-antarctica-stuck-since-1986-breaks-free\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T17:36:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T17:36:35","slug":"worlds-largest-iceberg-off-antarctica-stuck-since-1986-breaks-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/worlds-largest-iceberg-off-antarctica-stuck-since-1986-breaks-free\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s largest iceberg off Antarctica stuck since 1986 breaks free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bNYmoxfA84k\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The world&#8217;s largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than three decades, scientists said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>At almost 4,000 square km (1,500 square miles), the Antarctic iceberg called A23a is roughly three times the size of New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Since calving off West Antarctica&#8217;s Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf in 1986, the iceberg \u2014 which once hosted a Soviet research station \u2014 has largely been stranded after its base became stuck on the floor of the Weddell Sea.<\/p>\n<p>\nSubscribe to CTV News to watch more videos:<\/p>\n<p>Connect with CTV News:<br \/>\nFor the latest news visit: <br \/>\nFor a full video offering visit the CTV News Network:<\/p>\n<p>CTV News on Facebook:  <br \/>\nCTV News on TikTok:<br \/>\nCTV News on Twitter:  <br \/>\nCTV News on Instagram: <br \/>\nCTV News on Reddit:<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nCTV News is Canada&#8217;s most-watched news organization both locally and nationally, and has a network of national, international, and local news operations.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than three decades, scientists said on Friday. At almost 4,000 square km (1,500 square miles), the Antarctic iceberg called A23a is roughly three times the size&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15266,15263,15271,11673,15269,2754,1757,2755,15273,15270,15268,15262,15272,15274,48,15265,15267,15264],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmontondailynews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}