World's largest iceberg heading for British territory | BBC News

The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in danger.
The iceberg is spinning northwards from Antarctica towards South Georgia, a rugged British territory and wildlife haven, where it could ground and smash into pieces.
Countless birds and seals died on South Georgia's icy coves and beaches when past giant icebergs stopped them feeding.
A group of scientists around the world, sailors and fishermen are anxiously checking satellite pictures to monitor the daily movements of the iceberg.
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[@OzzieBo]

113 years ago, an iceberg hit the Titanic built in Britain, but now; it’s going for the source.

[@jonathanbanda6210]

Lol

[@jonathanbanda6210]

Lol

[@VulkanYT]

The War of the Bergs is upon us, chaps.

[@davidpocsi1733]

Will it sink great Britain upon collision? 🤔

[@slayerized27]

"from the creators of sharnadoe, with Loyd Kaufmans Troma productions, in conjunction with A24 and blumhouse, comes...." Titanic 2: Iceberg Dead Ahead...!!!!

[@ashadams3870]

That little seal definitely stole the show with its cuteness

[@utubebroadcaster]

If Liz Truss were on it, it'd be an iceberg lettuce

[@user-pq7jj3vs3e]

Cuteness, I’m convinced, is a manipulative tool. I scoff at attention it

[@adrianzeller6761]

I let out an audible aaawww when I watched that baby seal.

[@TheJonathanNewton]

@@adrianzeller6761So did I, and I’m a cynical 55-year-old fart.

[@TonyG-z4t]

If you approved of that seal, did it get your seal of approval?!

[@TJStrawberry]

Imagine being on an island and seeing a 400 meter high mountain of ice moving towards you

[@kxmode]

It's like out of a disaster film, but like you can actually run away from it. 😃

[@curiousandcreativewithwand8515]

It's nearly the same surface area of the island too! Crud.

[@kxmode]

@@curiousandcreativewithwand8515 Pay-Per-View Heavyweight Match of the Century! In the blue corner: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and in the red corner ICE SHEET! 🥊

[@georgebetrian676]

50 to 60 meters above water, 350 to 340 below

[@GarethDavies-b8p]

Imagine searching for a 1200 metre high glass of jack daniels to put it in

[@wpgjetsfanfurever]

The red banner is ridiculous

[@pennywisethedancingclown2246]

Its what the BBC do

[@spudgun4286]

As is the BBC

[@bloodlove93]

as is humanity.... you're part of that problem, intend on doing something about it?

[@itzrazza8133]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@bloodlove93as are you, do you intend of doing something?

[@Sam_KC_BMX]

​@bloodlove93 is this you "doing something about it"?

[@samfisher7953]

It towers up to 400 meters. Just imagine how huge it is!

[@LowTempDabr]

....I don't have to imagine, I now know it's exactly 400 metres tall lol

[@-Katastrophe]

That's at least 27 Danny DeVitos

[@kxmode]

Imagine the wall from Game of Thrones going mobile.

[@Adam-ui3ot]

😂

[@martinfretwell]

The turds around the UK will stop it.

[@stoianpaul9806]

I saw the title and went straight to the comments section

[@BoxingGOATEdits]

Same, I'm addicted and need that plug in that blocks all comments

[@Jocke155]

@@BoxingGOATEdits Great idea

[@BoxingGOATEdits]

@@Jocke155 let's all plug out of the Matrix 🔥😤

[@lellyparker]

*_"If the Titanic will not go to the Iceberg..."_*

[@kxmode]

Except the ice sheet is from Antarctica, about 8,000 miles (12,875 kilometers) away.

[@carolinehops]

The little seal ..such cute ness .

[@seanoconnor8843]

In a way I suppose

[@kxmode]

Imagine the wall from Game of Thrones going mobile. 😧

[@bloodlove93]

idk the show, is it anything like the irl great wall of china? aka the brick line so damn big that it can be seen from space.

[@matthewmccarthy2406]

@@bloodlove93 Its the great wall of Dubrovnik in Croatia. Neither can be seen from space. People just think so because they have not been in space orbit.

[@lesgamester7356]

😂 😂 😂

[@genghisgalahad8465]

What's the data plan?

[@theGoogol]

... "But in danger, there is opportunity". "It's a really amazing experience, unlike anything that I've ever seen before!" Same with civilization-ending asteroid impacts. It's really beautiful for a short while.

[@rogerblackwood8815]

An iceberg floating in the sea is not the same as an asteroid hitting the planet! One causes the end of the world, the other not much!

[@georgebetrian676]

Yes. I don't see why the feelings of those scientific people are 'opportunities'.

[@Lucas-gm3bv]

I wonder, how exciting is it to witness civilisation-ending events knowing you’re also witnessing your own cause of death? Or worse, your species’ cause of extinction.

[@Bartzepfloyd]

Haha It's Such a clickbait title - everybody thought that the iceberg is approaching coastal Britain or even Thames estuary in London 😂

[@annhedges4243]

😂 yep, l did.

[@rogersimmons8788]

I didn't. And that's because I don't believe anything I see or hear on the BBC.

[@buolindo8795]

@@rogersimmons8788 Because you don't like the truth?

[@kxmode]

Clicked for the clickbait, stayed for the story. 😃

[@rogersimmons8788]

@buolindo8795 No, because they're full of shite.

[@ChrisMcC90]

The Austin Power's scene where they're screaming at the guy to move out the way as they drive a steamroller slowly towards him comes to mind.

[@DoctorMooCow]

That was actually very interesting despite the initial shock of the title. I thought we were going to have tsunamis at John o groats for a second there.

[@deathysmile]

when the ice melts and breaks off, yes it will cause tsunamis

[@neeciiw7840]

😫💯

[@bookllama8158]

@@deathysmile Not at John O'Groats though 😄

[@petitio_principii]

@@deathysmile tsunamis are caused by submarine earthquakes, not icebergs melting or cracking.

[@malcomkumar]

It genuinely looks like an actual land mass. Scary stuff

[@JJ.Williams96]

Did she really just use the term 'laziest' to describe an iceberg...? ...Seems to be doing enough to get noticed, does it not?

[@jcdenton166]

what are you getting so angry about

[@bellamckendree]

hahah I know, that was hilarious. how can an iceberg be lazy... hahaha

[@janejustin1788]

@jcdenton166 Why can't you understand a joke?

[@LowTempDabr]

​@jcdenton166it was a joke, calm down. What are _you_ getting so angry about? How ironic lol

[@Best..YT..Music..Playlists]

that thing probably covered more miles in a week than she will.in 2025.

[@Guesswhokk]

A23A area = 3500km2 London area = 1500km2 Iceburg thickness = 400m Shard tallest building = 310m "Cold Wall" certainly coming chaps.

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

Isn't the A23 closed right now?

[@petitio_principii]

it's never going to get above the Equator, maybe the Falklands at most

[@pauldionne2884]

Glad someone did some research - unfortunately this vid is devoid of it.

[@adjbwebsite8917]

I thought BREXIT meant BREXIT. What's this about an Iceberg coming over now?

[@MattLund-i6i]

It's less dangerous

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Brrrr 🥶 exit...

[@ozzzzy52]

omg that baby seal

[@drweetabix]

Will i be able to see it when i go to the shops?

[@ChrisK-w7y]

If you go to Iceland

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

If you live in South Georgia, then possibly.

[@petitio_principii]

@littlefluffybushbaby7256 or maybe to the Falklands, with a telescope

[@Andy-wn6wm]

Oh dear. What have we done to this planet 😭

[@MattLund-i6i]

I know. I hope you're happy I gave up my driving licence for medical purposes and adapted my lifestyle for it to make... Fuck all difference! Now im on the road to recovery I think I'll apply for it back.

[@petitio_principii]

the scientist herself said that's not to be blamed on global warming. It happens from time to time naturally, even though the rate is going to increase

[@teck0475]

if you believe climate change started in 1986 you not going to like to find out it started when earth was created lmao

[@teck0475]

@@petitio_principii she said not from climate change because it happened before 1986

[@teck0475]

@@petitio_principii and tell that to people in the usa who live in florida that just got snow

[@Freeanroaming]

We have heard this so many times before... and all comes to zero.

[@robe2504]

Folks in the path of the Florida hurricanes and LA fires might have a slightly different view.

[@JohnBl7167]

Bet nobody mentions this when attributing blame. "In 2014, the area underneath Thwaites Glacier was found to have heat flow from geothermal activity nearly twice the global average, and about 3.5 times larger in hotspots. By 2017, scientists have mapped 138 volcanoes beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, with 91 of them previously unknown."

[@ecaltroyer]

How didn’t they mention of it

[@mindymorgan8479]

Exactly this. It is a world cycle. We mater not.

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

The last thing the climate alarmists want is facts!

[@thesmallnotesduo]

No. No. No. Global warming. wef are right - we should live in the cold and dark and never ever travel. They can carry on as normal cos they are keeping us safe.

[@randylahey4709]

There isn’t blame it just is what it is innit.

[@felixalexios]

1:09 these penguins and seals already know what's up. Already panicking lmao

[@carolinehops]

There little panic screams..watch out ,watch out ,there’s a flipping great iceberg about😂.

[@ToniSerban-bt7mk]

Stop that iceberg said the cute seal

[@kxmode]

This comment gets the coveted Seal of Approval.

[@garymcatear822]

Its name is Ron...RonSeal.

[@ilkkakristofferdahl921]

Tell Trump it is Greenland and let him annex that.

[@curiousandcreativewithwand8515]

As a US citizen, ugh, I'm afraid he'd harvest the wildlife and try drilling for oil before the iceberg arrives. Guy sure is quick with his "bright ideas".

[@videoviewr]

It's actually too big to collide with a land mass, it would run aground long before reaching shore. This would still create its own issues of course.

[@ProfoundFamiliarity]

The ship shown in the video is named after Sir David Attenborough. *Edit: although it was originally named Boaty McBoatFace

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

Nah, that's BoatyMcBoatFace?

[@ProfoundFamiliarity]

@littlefluffybushbaby7256 Gosh, you're right. I forgot. I agree it's a shame that they didn't stick with the chosen name. Although I do really like David Attenborough so that helps a bit.

[@mmishajjones]

Why even post this if you aren’t going to include the specifics of how large the iceberg actually is? Not even in the description is wild

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

Best of luck native south Georgia islanders. Keep safe mates, and penguins.

[@shrgien8602]

😂

[@buolindo8795]

No one lives there

[@JohnMacFergus-oz5cp]

@buolindo8795 I know.

[@Britishislesoldier001]

Wish the scientists luck

[@martinrobson9770]

It's not going to break the island, it will run aground or just go with the ocean flow.

[@samueljoshua]

The iceberg melting before it reaches land is our existential crisis. Wait…

[@mandi4820]

If it were a middle eastern ice berg this video wouldn't have made it on KZbin and anyone talking negatively about it'd be in jail

[@anonamous6278]

Grow up

[@pennywisethedancingclown2246]

You don't get icebergs in the middle east

[@zoom777]

💯👌💯

[@thisisanfield7085]

Have a day off ffs

[@S.L.G-yt]

No such thing as a middle eastern iceberg 😂

[@Gideon_the_Seraph]

nothing this can't do that britain already has done to itself

[@WeizeBaby]

The Uk is always going through something.

[@eXpressYourselfClips]

its called 'turmoil'

[@whaupdawg]

I don't know what to believe in life anymore.

[@thomas_lale]

Icy McBurg-Face???

[@Summitspeedfly]

Boaty McBoat Face.

[@mattm7007]

Titanic hits iceberg.. Daddy iceberg took that personally.

[@doric_historic]

Never knew the climate never changed before 1986, thanks BBC...

[@ernest4853]

It would have been news if white walkers were riding on them

[@dannyarcher6370]

But only because they're white.

[@taalnzi2560]

You can easily avoid a collision with British territory. Hand the island over to Argentina.

[@robmoore7708]

Heading into british waters? Terrorising innocent british seals and penguins? Is it a Russian iceberg? Our defence secretary might have something to say about that.

[@kxmode]

Prepare the hot butter knives! That thing's going down!

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

US/NATO are the real terrorists and they probably bombed it.

[@3chords490]

That’s not an iceberg….it’s a floating country

[@Thehitbird]

1:51 I really disagree with her on this not being caused by climate change just because it calved in 1986. I mean climate change has been happening longer than 40 years. It’s just that we’ve just noticed the effects, identified it, and gave it a name. Ridiculous statement.

[@gabkoost]

Climate changes everyday since earth was formed. Giving it a name is ridiculous in itself.

[@petitio_principii]

it's perhaps simplistic but it's one of those cases that maybe is erring on the safe side. In order to make some sort of attribution of that in particular you'd have to start with some previous rate of that happening before and how much it had increased in proportion to the added warmth at the time. And maybe then there's also some role of the relative cooling in the 70s maybe making more ice and so forth. Actual scientists would be even more nitty-gritty on how attribution is not merely "after/with-therefore-because" and all the details that must be satisfied. Blaming it hastily on AGW would in contrast be somewhat of a non-AGW-denier analog to if"if there's global warming then how come it's cold/snow exists," which sophisticated AGW deniers would debunk and use to promote "skepticism." Besides what they'd normally promote regardless, from just even imagining someone would or is hypothetically blaming it on AGW.

[@pontifexmaximus8039]

Climate has always changed on this planet from day 1. Also wise men have known this for at least thousands of years. So you are right if she meant real climate change. Assuming she meant ”man made” climate change then she is right since that is nothing more than a hoax for the masses.

[@historybutcats]

Oh. I’m sure the UK just “found” this iceberg floating around. Right. Coming soon: The World’s Largest Iceberg Exhibit at the Museum of Natural History

[@canucksunlimited87]

1:15 so darn adorable 🥰😍😘

[@chelseayoung4218]

I feel like this iceberg deserves to be named like we do with storms.

[@chelseayoung4218]

I have a suggestion for the icebergs name. First name "F*ck" second name "Britain"

[@TheBlackcredo]

And now we have vonshitshispants in the states saying he'll be ignoring the cause of this.

[@beadle111gaming]

The cause of this is most likely due to volcanic activity, previously unknown until 2014. Look up the Thwaites glacier and educate yourself.

[@samuelmelton8353]

They explained in the video that this isn't to do with climate change... But that climate change will make this occurence more common

[@Summitspeedfly]

Your brainwashing is complete. Show me even one climate panic freak that has said they will have less children to stop it, the real cause.

[@umarahmed1187]

Just imagine snow surfing on that ice as it’s closing in

[@RT-NeWs-Android-Ap]

“What’s one more torpedo in a sinking ship.”🚀 - Lynn Dickey🤿🐟🐡🐠

[@petitio_principii]

"near the Falkland islands" would likely prevent quite lot of misinterpretation and possibly unnecessary panic of some

[@Summitspeedfly]

if 600 miles is "near"

[@Bungle-UK]

It’s like a script for the worst disaster film ever.

[@Messmerr]

They keep the comments open for this topic but they don't keep the comments open about the Southport murders? Bit strange that is.

[@OmniversalInsect]

Why do you think that is?

[@Messmerr]

@OmniversalInsect don't want to see people telling the truth?

[@graemeduncan3282]

Please pay attention to the critical and massive break of the Thwaite’s glacier. It has global implications.

[@TheBenLambert]

1:54 Shocked the BBC kept this in!

[@E63s_Scott]

😂 my thoughts exactly! Shit guys cut the tape! That’s not the narrative 😂

[@230879Darren]

Let’s hope it doesn’t get wedged stuck between Dover and Calais! People might walk across it…

[@georgeh9967]

8000 MILES AWAY .

[@zabikhilloazimov4919]

A piece of ice floating in the ocean is news?😅 😜

[@LeroidFootlong]

I know it's a joke right.😂

[@antoniopiscopo6258]

It's BS, ice would melt if the body of water it sits in is warmer than the ice, common sense, but then most humans are dumb, all the freemasonic tv shows is CGI.

[@The_Savage_Wombat]

Catchy name there - A23. Gotta love the Brits creativity in language.

[@RBPlaysY]

WE ARE COOKED

[@Beansontoast93911]

FreezIng is the complete opposite to cooking. Anybody who likes your comment is a muppet just like you.

[@threebedrooms1076]

skibidi toilet rizz low-key

[@nathandurant2825]

u there ?

[@kxmode]

Global warming?

[@TheAviator808]

I literally thought Ice was coming for the UK, not overseas territory xD

[@uk_assassin8684]

It's a Russian spy berg

[@bellamckendree]

hahaha

[@julianocamargo6674]

It has full coverage collision insurance, right?

[@Ryanjoned163]

this does not change the fact that in Australia there are 48 million kangaroos and in Uruguay there are 3,457,380 inhabitants. So if the kangaroos decide to invade Uruguay,each Uruguayan will have to fight 14 kangaroos

[@Der.Geschichtenerzahler]

Why am I seeing this comment everywhere?

[@sirensynapse5603]

@@Der.Geschichtenerzahler Cuz some people be tarded.

[@turnleft8645]

*putting on ice it's own demise, that's got to be nature's coldest comeback* 🥶🥶

[@blinbby8633]

The Island is actually a territory of Argentina and not Britain, along with the malvine islands and Sandwich islands. Since independence from spain they have been in Argentine constitution.

[@dannylad1600]

Didnt the people that live there overwhelmingly vote to stay British?

[@blinbby8633]

All because Britain has a strong military and can impose itself on others without consent, Putting their inhabitants on those islands does not make it legally their islands. It just makes Britain an imperial @hle.

[@ianarn]

Oh yeah! Tell us another story about Argentina we’re really interested in how real unicorns are over here!

[@jcdenton166]

@@blinbby8633 Big words for someone who lost that war...

[@dannylad1600]

@@blinbby8633 ok but didn't Argentinians also emigrate there from Europe in previous centuries as well?

[@Jeff-tt7wj]

Iceberg situation is CRAZY

[@neilwheel]

Jeez. A nothingburger served up with a portion of clickbait! 🙄

[@DrJones20]

It's not a nothingburger though. No idea how you got that idea

[@neilwheel]

@DrJones20 it's a nothingburger because there are thousands of icebergs floating around every day but suddenly they're a thing just in time for the annnual Davos jolly and the start of the climate scam season.

[@theknightofdoom260]

"You see a massive wall that's way higher than you are".....

[@user-yv7kw1nr2q]

I heard something about an iceberg and then saw the seals and that one winking at me.😍

[@antonyjh1234]

Allowing tourism in this place should be a crime.

[@Summitspeedfly]

I was just there. "Tourism" is HIGHLY regulated, very few people ever touch the land there. No one lives there permanently. There are 1000x more tourists in Antarctica and Galapagos. Since whaling and sealing ended, the wildlife there is returning to levels higher than before.

[@martineldritch]

At a breakneck pace of 1.25 miles per hour I hope the witnesses think to move their beach chairs back several feet when the berg does at last collide with them !

[@Chernobyldogs]

Wow the giant red iceberg really dominates the horizon

[@Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick]

The presenter is gorgeous.....anyone know her name?

[@JxH]

1:01 "...thousands of tonnes of ice..." Hey, you pronounced "a trillion" incorrectly. It sounded almost like you said "thousands of", which would be hilariously incorrect.

[@-LightningRod-]

as the BIG PULSE happened in about the 1950's,... i might suggest that the enormity of the Berg might just have been the result

[@pixeledge-g9q]

I like how the banner blocks the half of important information 😂

[@craigy0708]

oh no pointless paying the TV licences then

[@Scarlett-l5x]

If it's dangerous then count me in

[@SendItsofty]

I wonder if this is another one of BBC’s loopholes to try say people have to pay tv license for phones

[@busybody345]

No ice hits harder than a blow torch

[@Critical_level]

"Ice berg right ahead"

[@zenvibrations5889]

I love how calm we are.

[@scrimpmster]

Why wouldn't we be?

[@sexysenior8934]

Especially since the Planet is 2/3 WATER..😮‍💨

[@matclairoux]

@@scrimpmster It's not your generation that will see millions and millions people looking for a new place to live so we sit back and ignore.

[@Tadig_goddess]

Why is the PhD researcher's name not mentioned? How heartless.

[@all-thingstv]

This won’t be the last, as our climate continues worsening I fear we might see even bigger icebergs in the future than this even.

[@jimoconnor2594]

Have you any news on Croydon or Plymouth or are you lot not allowed to report on them ?

[@PercivalC]

Does anyone happen to have the name of the anchorwoman introducing this segment?

[@PluralFish]

Still won't be shown on weather news.

[@evonne315]

The geo-death movie genre that was completely missed by Hollywood.

[@L-d5k8t]

I pray for all these people that they leave there before this big piece of ice approaches. Sometimes people wait till the last minute to move away from danger. And with all the fires that are going around the world maybe the water is even getting warm er and warmer

[@badabinbadaboom7338]

Not another uninvited sneaking into the UK 😩

[@CarefreeSince1905]

Not once did you mention how big the iceberg actually is! Larger area than London and taller than the Shard... Rubbish reporting. What did that video even tell us??

[@LarryNgetich]

Saw the title and you guys didn't disappoint in the comments 😂

[@MSHdude]

Titanic iceberg getting its final revenge

[@kxmode]

It's going to hit a in-the-middle-of-nowhere island southeast of the South America. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

The Titanic was sank deliberately. I thought everyone knew that by now.

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

Incredible gift from mother of nature!!!!

[@checkboxxxproductions]

All I heard was iceberg, and I’m reaching for my door in case I need a floating device. No Jacks allowed.

[@tomjones5338]

It's a iceberg so what put starmer on the iceberg with Khan and England will magically heal itself

[@MartinGeldart]

400 meters high - almost as big as the red banner on the screen!

[@philiplindley7384]

Real clickbait but what else would you expect from the BBC? They don't mention that 9/10ths of an iceberg is underwater and it will ground way before it gets anywhere near the shoreline.

[@Lorenzovonmatter]

Wow that iceberg looks bigger than South Georgea!

[@chrischan4936]

all the citizens of South Georgia (Penguins and Seals) waiting at the beach for evacuation.

[@cernozem_art]

every night in my dreams i see you, i hear you

[@badabinbadaboom7338]

😁😁😁

[@cernozem_art]

@@badabinbadaboom7338 THAAAAATSHOOOOWIKNOOOOOOYOOOOOOOOOOLLLLGOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN

[@thomaskeeler912]

Luckily the BBC is spending time and money on information that matters. Stay classy England.

[@RobWhittlestone]

With Two-Tier Starmerlin in power, the island will probably surrender to the iceberg

[@littlefluffybushbaby7256]

Wow that's a clever comment. Wish I'd thought that one up. It really is very very clever. Did you think that one up yourself? That's very grown up. You are such a clever boy aren't you?

[@ethzero]

"I woke up angry today, again. Hmm, must be 's fault. Must remember to make an extremely tenuous comment on KZbin"