Ships Deliver Antarctic Supplies Despite Iceberg
U.S. ships have delivered food and fuel to Antarctic science bases despite fears they would not be able to pass through the ice pack formed behind the world’s largest iceberg, officials said Thursday.
A fuel tanker and cargo ship followed a 94-mile path cut by icebreakers to reach McMurdo Sound. The ice pack was nearly double its normal 48-mile width after building up behind the iceberg, known as B15A, which has blocked wind and water currents that usually break up ice floes.
The iceberg has also blocked paths to the sea for thousands of penguins, leaving as many as 50,000 penguin chicks to starve to death.
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