Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world’s biggest iceberg.
For months now it has been spinning on the spot just north of Antarctica when really it should be racing along with Earth’s most powerful ocean current.
Scientists say the frozen block, which is more than twice the size of Greater London, has been captured on top of a huge rotating cylinder of water.
It’s a phenomenon oceanographers call a Taylor Column - and it’s possible A23a might not escape its jailer for years.
What kind of a name is A23a? Come on guys, it’s the largest chunk of ice on earth and that’s the best you can do?
Icebergs are measured in international paper sizes.
Love that idea but isn’t it that the higher the number the smaller the paper is?
DO NOT QUESTION MY BRILLIANCE!
(I have no idea, I’m a dum 'murcan and we measure our paper in stupid units.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_216
I take that as a yes. Also isn’t it cool that you can copy and paste a formatted table?
Yes indeed !
N.B. : Earlier versions Lemmy did not allow to post tables, it is known as markdown table format.
About A-32 then
Because the next best would probably be Icey McIceFace
Not Icebergy McBergFace?
That one too. Yours is better.
Grunka lunka
I don’t have a name for it, but here is its theme song.
Mr. Freeze