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World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Georgia and blocks off key penguin feeding ground

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A23a broke off from Antarctica 's Filchner-Ronne ice shelf in 1986 , carrying a Soviet research station.

The 'berg barely moved for 20 years , then in 2020 began drifting slowly north.

It spent six months last year spinning in a revolving ocean current in the Southern Ocean .

Now it has grounded it is expected to break up, threatening to prevent penguins and other sea-life from accessing crucial feeding grounds and fishing vessels.

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