When you tell people that you’re going to South Georgia, some will ask if you’re changing planes in Atlanta. In fact, the name belongs to an island near Antarctica. It’s about the size of ...

South Georgia Island Was Spared After The World's Largest Iceberg Grinded To A Halt, But It's Not Over Yet. A23a has run aground in the Southern Ocean after years adrift.

Island Insights . Until the 1982 conflict in the Falkland Islands commanded the world's attention, few had heard of South Georgia Island.

Sally Poncet first came to South Georgia in 1977. Back then, she said, the sub-Antarctic island was as gorgeous as it is today: A spine of mountains, some 100 miles long, defines the terrain ...

The South Georgia pipet is found nowhere else on Earth. Oliver Prince The island is around 160 kilometers (100 miles) long, with an area of 865,000 acres (350,000 hectares), and is frequently ...

Iceberg A-23A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

World's largest iceberg on the move after dislodging from ocean floor 04:09. The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a ...

South Georgia, an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean, more than a thousand miles east of the tip of South America, hasn’t changed much since Ernest Shackleton sailed ashore in 1916 to ...

WILD NATURE Scientists worry 1,620-square-mile iceberg could devastate wildlife on South Georgia Island A biological oceanographer says collision with British island is 'almost inevitable' ...

The successful, $13.5 million (10 million pounds) rodent purge is in large part thanks to the work of the South Georgia Heritage Trust, which declared the island officially rat-free this week, New ...

The South Georgia pipit has been one of the hardest-hit species by the island's rodent population. The government announced Monday that the island is now rodent free. Brian Gratwicke/Flickr In the ...