{"id":407889,"date":"2026-01-14T04:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407889\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T04:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:35:07","slug":"the-iceberg-known-as-a-23a-noted-for-its-striking-blue-stripes-drifts-near-ear-south-georgia-island-on-dec-26-2025-it-broke-loose-from-antarctica-in-1986-but-is-expected-to-soon-melt-away-in-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407889\/","title":{"rendered":"The iceberg known as A-23a, noted for its striking blue stripes, drifts near ear South Georgia Island on Dec. 26, 2025. It broke loose from Antarctica in 1986 but is expected to soon melt away in the warmer northern waters. &#8211; Yahoo News Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE5DTVFuUGliZlVITHcxYTk3cjlOYzEwb3JxY1hJNHJLZkZoOTBhN3g1WE1sMUtuV1ZkRjkxcXhfd0E3bjdhSlhkQWVicGhkbEJva2paZU5aOW53WnFYT1pCZTdaQXZOeFdzU0JvNU1pWFBFRXA4ZktwZHZ0Rlp4QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The iceberg known as A-23a, noted for its striking blue stripes, drifts near ear South Georgia Island on Dec. 26, 2025. It broke loose from Antarctica in 1986 but is expected to soon melt away in the warmer northern waters.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTFBYU1UxSXVub2JLaGpMNFc0bTcyOVRoM09wQ0RJS0FUSC15Sm5jYmhOMXBJNml0QU9kQ25iRE1yRUFBYmhXazVzWHBoNEZyNlVWZWoyQUNMai04akgzMnNDQndTVlVrM0p0MlFmZzdIYktTYlg5MmZsdXFR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">It&#8217;s big, beautiful and \u2014 blue. But this 40-year-old iceberg is about to disappear for good<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxNZmp1cGJvZXo1emVGOU91UWJlc1ZGZXlMbW1BUGxDb0pkQzJWdHZvckE4RVcyQjBZVW5iRDJ6cnAwLWZtQnhHNTAwQW5FWndnVDQxNHNBRE5qOGRfNTN0bFRxak84Y29mU0ZxaW1Ya041bDF3S21hZHRCZmZSV0N6WDRZSE5PVlRHLUhXRw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meltwater Turns Iceberg A-23A Blue<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NASA Science (.gov)<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNTjBncXdlZVBXTkpXVU1WbnJvNFBlZmdKRk5HRVByeWs1bTJ4b1VvNnd4bTI4di0tblMyZFZjb1Rkd09iWjJDQzVta2dYVC1jZTBxNlRaYXBkUENtTUZkdFd1TzVHYkU1X2V0cmVzaWR5OHNDZ3BpUFF6NndZY2RUanRRd0NuZkJXTWtfdm5vc1pvSnNYbDFLeWl1Zi1JXzM3a2VFckd3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">40-Year-Old Iceberg Turns Vivid Blue as It Approaches Total Disintegration<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ScienceAlert<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPZUxhbU41QjJDaENtWVBkV29Xc1ctbWZEOGpxbFRwamVIMXRXcV9IaHFSNUdpa1MyVWlDcDNQMGhWblBjUWNyelBkQVZ5OUVFRXhGbGdHNVRUQURBYld2SG1WRXRPM0RFSEljV1oyTl8wVTJPZDVQRDhFUkdtM2Nvbm1pWWZRWWN5aUNod09ac3paRS1TbTNlaVN5ZU9Ed1RfdFRN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dying iceberg turns bright blue<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Weather Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The iceberg known as A-23a, noted for its striking blue stripes, drifts near ear South Georgia Island on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,93151,66,171839],"class_list":["post-407889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-iceberg","tag-science","tag-south-atlantic-ocean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}