Iceberg A23a - Drone footage of the largest iceberg on earth, eroding in the Southern Ocean.

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The enormous tabular iceberg A23a is currently drifting north from Antarctica. Here is raw footage from our encounter in the Southern Ocean.
This tabular iceberg is nearly 4000km2, is up to 400m thick and weighs just short of 1 trillion tonnes. It is 40 nautical miles long and twice the size of greater London. Simply massive!
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  • @KimRinehart
    @KimRinehart4 ай бұрын

    I found this absolutely majestic yet frightening!!! The juxtaposition of the blue against the deep dark salt water gave me goosebumps. What a fantastic job you have done capturing this!!!

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @bcbeasters

    @bcbeasters

    3 ай бұрын

    @@richardsidey If you were able to fly under some of those arches maybe you could get Red Bull to sponsor you! 😎👍

  • @bcbeasters

    @bcbeasters

    3 ай бұрын

    @@richardsidey I think a ton of people would tune into watching drones doing risky close-range maneuvers around icebergs as a sport competition... I know I would, it would be wicked cool! 😏

  • @bcbeasters

    @bcbeasters

    3 ай бұрын

    @@richardsidey It could also be an awesome way to raise awareness of the melting polar caps... 🥺

  • @pinkyhandle
    @pinkyhandle4 ай бұрын

    What a majestic sight!, the technology to capture something like this id extraordinary !. Thanks for all you do 😊

  • @chaz5229
    @chaz52293 ай бұрын

    The ice UNDER the water is beautiful, fascinating and terrifying at the same time. Watching this made me cold....BRRRRRRRRRR!!! Freezy Pop anyone?!

  • @bluestarshipace9530
    @bluestarshipace95302 ай бұрын

    You are lucky. The day I was there was so overcast and foggy I could barely see any color. Thank you for this clear video.

  • @user-hp8it3mm6p
    @user-hp8it3mm6p4 ай бұрын

    Richard you should contact a musician called E-Mantra and ask for his permission to use his "Silence II" album on one of your next videos. He's based in Romania and also has some beautiful drone shots of the Romanian wilderness.

  • @suckered4diecast
    @suckered4diecast4 ай бұрын

    That's some spectacular video! thanks for sharing

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @GBlunted
    @GBlunted3 ай бұрын

    I wanna see what the iceberg looks like under the water!! I bet that it looks pretty freaking 🆒! 😎

  • @cchawk6280
    @cchawk62803 ай бұрын

    I’d love to see a drone fly over the surface to see what is in the other side of this. If it broke off there has to be another side. Curioser and Curioser. Not sure I spelled that correctly 😊

  • @MTerrance
    @MTerrance4 ай бұрын

    I keep hoping for something to come sailing out of those ice caves - say a Viking ship or a WWII era submarine...

  • @doveletters1

    @doveletters1

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too 😂

  • @mysavescgf2640

    @mysavescgf2640

    3 ай бұрын

    Viking submarine!

  • @jmas2312
    @jmas23123 ай бұрын

    Absolutely spectacular.

  • @mysavescgf2640
    @mysavescgf26403 ай бұрын

    Wow-amazing footage!

  • @jasonnieuwenhuis7995
    @jasonnieuwenhuis79954 ай бұрын

    Really amazing! So fascinating!

  • @_YourHigherSelf
    @_YourHigherSelf3 ай бұрын

    awesome! we need more footage like this of that beautiful spot of the world.

  • @frank4731
    @frank47313 ай бұрын

    Daaang! Now that's creepy cool!!

  • @KenshinPhoenix
    @KenshinPhoenix3 ай бұрын

    Prime real estate, cool breezes with an ocean view!

  • @user-zg8ke5bn1f
    @user-zg8ke5bn1f4 ай бұрын

    Can you imagine how many cocktails you could add ice to, mmmm tastey treat !

  • @ghostsauce1443

    @ghostsauce1443

    3 ай бұрын

    To salty 🧂 Lol

  • @bec7839

    @bec7839

    3 ай бұрын

    actually it has been proven "ice worms" live in the ice.

  • @GRogers61
    @GRogers614 ай бұрын

    Was this video taken from the Sapphire Princess and if so where can I see the other videos you took during that cruise? I was on that cruise, what a fantastic experience!

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    4 ай бұрын

    No it wasn’t.

  • @wayneamills4867
    @wayneamills48673 ай бұрын

    I was there on the 20/01/24 with Chimu on the Ocean Endeavour. Simply awesome to sea. Who were you with?

  • @LotsofStuffYT
    @LotsofStuffYT4 ай бұрын

    It's the size that matters.

  • @russellking9762

    @russellking9762

    3 ай бұрын

    thats what she said

  • @rui569
    @rui5693 ай бұрын

    You should get a 4K camera.

  • @bertus161057
    @bertus1610573 ай бұрын

    Beautiful and scary

  • @edineiherciliodias7007
    @edineiherciliodias70074 ай бұрын

    Fantástico 🇧🇷🇧🇷❤

  • @MARYANNE269
    @MARYANNE2694 ай бұрын

    This is fascinating and worrying at the same time.. to witness such a sight... The inhabited low level islands are going to suffer first.. 😢

  • @curlyrooster118

    @curlyrooster118

    3 ай бұрын

    From what?

  • @carolined5923

    @carolined5923

    3 ай бұрын

    Theres a video here on KZread from 6 years ago mamoth iceberg dwarfs Canadian town.. its nothing new.. more worrying is the plastic waste in the ocean its not natural.

  • @pieterdeboer5361

    @pieterdeboer5361

    3 ай бұрын

    With no ice cooling down the planet, it surly get hott on this planet. With that said it will sure rain a lot more due climit chance. And all that extra water there no way to get rid off.

  • @jordifontsartus6496
    @jordifontsartus64964 ай бұрын

    Que maco l'iceberg!! 👏👏🏼

  • @nordsun
    @nordsun4 ай бұрын

    The blue colour right in front the ice is amazing! Does anybody know what gives the water its blue colour?

  • @clentistwoud

    @clentistwoud

    4 ай бұрын

    Water IS blue

  • @sohanyadav1978

    @sohanyadav1978

    4 ай бұрын

    Its underwater part of iceberg if you see carefully.

  • @loragunning5394

    @loragunning5394

    3 ай бұрын

    water is not blue, it's clear but appears to be blue from the sky reflecting in it. @@clentistwoud

  • @cheriesnakedancer3293

    @cheriesnakedancer3293

    3 ай бұрын

    @@clentistwoud no, it's not!The blue is the reflection of the blue sky.

  • @courtneykinney4686

    @courtneykinney4686

    3 ай бұрын

    Blue is a longer wavelength of light, one of the last to be lost in water, so it's blue that we see reflected back.

  • @user-qc9fl3ff8b
    @user-qc9fl3ff8b3 ай бұрын

    Wow!..Humans were never meant to see this….Transfixing and foreboding yet beautiful…Brain is in vexed mode…

  • @ir5047
    @ir50474 ай бұрын

    I found in study this two time bigger than greater Landon 😨

  • @T.Sumpter
    @T.Sumpter3 ай бұрын

    Wonder what's frozen beneath all that ice 🤔. There has to be at least 1 great find!

  • @yk-mp7bk
    @yk-mp7bk3 ай бұрын

    It's not a thing to be happy about. It's catastrophic!

  • @jennarrator
    @jennarrator4 күн бұрын

    Where is it now??? Causing severe weather in Southern Africa, bringing more penguins to Cape Town

  • @unboxingt8445
    @unboxingt84453 ай бұрын

    Umm imagine what could be frozen in there… a block of ice bigger than RI from 1,000s of years ago. I have a felling this will be a big topic in the coming years 😬🤐

  • @bec7839
    @bec78393 ай бұрын

    what is the actual height and how deep does it go?? How long will it take to melt down all way I wonder.

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    All your answers are here www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67986443

  • @MM180.9
    @MM180.93 ай бұрын

    Superman where are you 😢

  • @ThomasS-jf9kf
    @ThomasS-jf9kf3 ай бұрын

    It would be nice if an adult person could stand near the edge of the ice, just to get a sense of scale. It's hard to gauge the height of the glacier above water.

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Yep it would help. We gauged it to be around 30-40 metres above the surface and scientists say 400m thick at the deepest point.

  • @Sandi.-wl6hz
    @Sandi.-wl6hz3 ай бұрын

    Looks like some kinda of pattern under it

  • @stevenherrold5955
    @stevenherrold59553 ай бұрын

    THAT IS ONE BIG ICE CUBE only 1 10'th of total mass above the surface of the water

  • @societydwellingifd8080
    @societydwellingifd80803 ай бұрын

    *_I WANT TO VISIT THAT PLACE SO BAD JUST TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT CUZ THERES SO MANY PICS AND VIDS THAT MAKE IT HARD TO BELIEVE ITS REAL._*

  • @robbmaier368
    @robbmaier3683 ай бұрын

    If it was a problem we would have seen more on this

  • @stevenn7188
    @stevenn71883 ай бұрын

    something in there

  • @user-og9lg9fk6i
    @user-og9lg9fk6i3 ай бұрын

    Only one side b shown,really

  • @societydwellingifd8080
    @societydwellingifd80803 ай бұрын

    *_why don't they ever fly over the whole thing to show us whats on the other side of it?!?_*

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Because it’s 20 - 40 nautical miles wide and way out of reach of a Mavic drone. Easier to sail around the iceberg, and it looks more-or-less the same all the way around.

  • @markissboi3583
    @markissboi35834 ай бұрын

    Australia claims ownership of more than 42 per cent of the Antarctic continent, hope it drifts right to vic its dam hot this week 37cel + +

  • @eat_ze_bugs

    @eat_ze_bugs

    3 ай бұрын

    More real estate for investors.

  • @NaveenKumar-sx8fw
    @NaveenKumar-sx8fw3 ай бұрын

    Sir one ? why antartica is covered with iceberg total antartica land ? Some type of technology forming iceberg ☃️

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Yep it’s called snow ❄️

  • @adamrose6194
    @adamrose61943 ай бұрын

    Only way we can stop the melting is more taxes

  • @eduardocontreras7115
    @eduardocontreras71153 ай бұрын

    It's coming to USA in the summer by the of Christmas it will be here

  • @j.jarvis7460
    @j.jarvis74603 ай бұрын

    the vastness has a similar vibe to an empty Minecraft server. 0:51

  • @smithjohn647
    @smithjohn6474 ай бұрын

    Next, when all that mass becomes liquid and adds to the surf and tidal surges what will become of the coastal homes? How will the gravity of the moon be affected when all that liquid mass reaches the equator? The closer a23a floats to the equator the faster it will melt, the faster it melts the more water the moons gravity will have to pull, then what? Will the high tides rise even more and people not allowed to swim during certain points of the day and night? Will the swells in the ocean become too great for ships to travers? Why cant we see what is happening to the sub surface of the iceberg?

  • @clentistwoud

    @clentistwoud

    4 ай бұрын

    Nothing. 90% of that mass is already in the water, so nothing will change.

  • @chrisdekock8864

    @chrisdekock8864

    4 ай бұрын

    Dude, the temp will shift in the local area, eg if it couldve come to the Bahamas quickly, change the ocean gyres, but the water displacement will not affect any shoreline

  • @user-pt8pd7ig2h
    @user-pt8pd7ig2h3 ай бұрын

    Can couse of gigh lovel of water in to the ocean bacame so dangerous

  • @chrisriggio3750
    @chrisriggio37504 ай бұрын

    will this cause the movie the day after tomorrow to become a reality since all that fresh water could desal the ocean enough to disrupt the warm currents that flow through the oceans?????

  • @whiteofsoul

    @whiteofsoul

    4 ай бұрын

    The climate will change, but not as dramatically as shown in the film. Processes are slow by human standards. Maybe we will see large floods of land in old age.

  • @GX-th8is
    @GX-th8is4 ай бұрын

    💁‍♂️ Is it capable of craving through an island? How do ships, boats and tankers intended on manuvering it? 🛳️🤷‍♂️🤔🧐

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Just go around it. It’s ‘only’ 40NM wide.

  • @GX-th8is

    @GX-th8is

    3 ай бұрын

    @@richardsidey 🤣👍

  • @Muddslinger0415
    @Muddslinger041518 күн бұрын

    We are so fucked 3degree Celsius by 2040 6degree Celsius by 2100 extinction of all mammals

  • @lilihillis1449
    @lilihillis14494 ай бұрын

    There's enough water in this berg to rise global sea level 3ft...Thwaits Glacier ice shelf is bigger holding another 6ft...it also breaking off Now too....move from any coast.

  • @clentistwoud

    @clentistwoud

    4 ай бұрын

    Nope. It’s already in the water so the mass has already been displaced. When this iceberg fully melts, nothing will change.

  • @kylecrockett8096

    @kylecrockett8096

    4 ай бұрын

    You're not thinking about how big the ocean is buddy

  • @ivandagr857

    @ivandagr857

    4 ай бұрын

    @@clentistwoudwhat about the ice above the surface not displacing the water?

  • @jefferyharris4066

    @jefferyharris4066

    4 ай бұрын

    🐕💚🍕 dogs like pizza 🤠 I want to camp out there and explore 🤔 get some dogs and pizza and beer 🍺 yeah...

  • @ssswiiing

    @ssswiiing

    3 ай бұрын

    @@clentistwoudthe ice floating on top?

  • @doveletters1
    @doveletters14 ай бұрын

    It's there life on it?

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    4 ай бұрын

    Not on it but there is all around it - whales & seabirds

  • @micheleromaine7782

    @micheleromaine7782

    4 ай бұрын

    HAPPY FEET!

  • @antoinettesepulveda811
    @antoinettesepulveda8114 ай бұрын

    Wow,That is crazy..😮❤😊

  • @zibbie
    @zibbie3 ай бұрын

    Isn't it possible to get the drone higher, for a birds view out of the sky? Maybe a person can see what is going on on that ice. Do they know how deep it goes under water

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Large icebergs can create their own weather and often have fog over them, which we encountered this day. So any higher and the drone would go into the fog and see nothing.

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Average depth is about 280m with max depth of 400m at one end.

  • @cosstaylitt7012
    @cosstaylitt70123 ай бұрын

    It surrounds the earth its the ice wall

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Haha

  • @russellking9762
    @russellking97623 ай бұрын

    under the law of salvage...(i'm probably wrong) couldn't someone attach a rope to this and claim it as theirs?....

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Actually Australia did a feasibility study of towing an iceberg for freshwater use a decade ago - figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Iceberg_water_transportation_from_Antarctica_to_Australia/23206868

  • @russellking9762

    @russellking9762

    3 ай бұрын

    @@richardsidey Actually i'm from L.J Hooker and wanted to sell it as real estate

  • @hellsbells6323
    @hellsbells63233 ай бұрын

    White cliffs of dover.

  • @bhekulwandlempofu4545
    @bhekulwandlempofu45453 ай бұрын

    Alien on the move, be careful with this, it's actually heading for disaster

  • @yzuaY
    @yzuaY2 ай бұрын

    saw this iceberg on the ISS video stream and looked for it in NASA's weather images. It's gigantic 59°30'39"S, 47°50'42"W kzread.info/dash/bejne/mX1hr6mAnMm8mrQ.html

  • @jamesharris4432
    @jamesharris44323 ай бұрын

    When the ice caps melted back we had bigger im sure there may have been bigger ! But no one was around to see them , the ones that were just couldn’t write down “ look at the size of that iceberg” 🤷🏻‍♂️ maybe Gods going to float it down to block Putins ports 😂

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Iceberg B15 which broke off in 2002 was far larger than this one.

  • @creativitycell
    @creativitycell3 ай бұрын

    Yep, when that all melts 1000s of islands are gonna dissappear, and we get more social media vids of dumb peoples houses on cliff edges crumblig into the sea n rivers that just overflowed during a flash flood next year! 😂

  • @ayxanaliyev6554
    @ayxanaliyev65544 ай бұрын

    Kanalınıza abunə oldum . 🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿AZERBAYCAN 🖐🤝

  • @eduardocontreras7115
    @eduardocontreras71153 ай бұрын

    I see all people talk really dumb but this is reality and it's very scary of wat is goin to happen to our planet keep talking dumb but the truth that awaits us disaster

  • @ayxanaliyev6554
    @ayxanaliyev65544 ай бұрын

    ALLAHU AKBER - yəni ALLAH ƏN BÖYÜKDÜR ! hər nə yaratmışsa gözəl yaratmış və anlamlı yaratmışdır . 🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿 AZERBAYCAN dan hörmətlər !.

  • @alphaomega154
    @alphaomega1543 ай бұрын

    talk about ice, i have a simple method to discern intellectual humans with those who arent. by their notion of what symbolize "ice". the unintellectuals will liken ice to "winter". of course the intellectual ones KNOW that ice has nothing to do with seasons. in some region of the planet, ice is all spring and summer. and blizzards could happens in summer. also the structural shape of a frozen snowflake. the unintellectuals will relate the hexagonal sapes with the symbol of winter. while the intellectuals again KNOW it is just the pattern of a frozen liquid. of any kind. its the most basic energy radiation pattern from an atom. even carbons exhibits the same shape. this is just a simple method to measure how many people in the world that are actually intellect. and do you know, that winter in some region of the planet could means DRY DROUGHT? my ice is no winter ice.

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis3 ай бұрын

    Pitiful that you do not provide any educational commentary! This is a rather awful format. Did an adult review this video prior to release?

  • @richardsidey

    @richardsidey

    3 ай бұрын

    Pitiful attempt at trolling

  • @Tom-Flanks
    @Tom-Flanks4 ай бұрын

    Allahu akbar

  • @robertmanella528
    @robertmanella5282 ай бұрын

    To bad Amazon can't send it to Washington d.c. or new York city 😊😊😊😊

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