Shipping at Risk from Iceberg

An emergency grant has been awarded to UK researchers to track a vast iceberg in Antarctica.  It is feared that the iceberg, which broke away from the Pine Island Glacier in July, could enter shipping lanes.  If the iceberg goes through the passage between South America’s Cape Horn and Antarctica’s South Shetland Islands, it would enter busy international shipping lanes.  If the berg did move towards or into shipping lances, a warning could be issued via the services of ice hazard agencies around the world.