Penguin death threat as world's biggest iceberg runs aground

The world’s largest iceberg appears to have run aground, posing more problems to scientific bases on Antarctica and penguin colonies, where tens of thousands of chicks face starvation.

Penguin death threat as world's biggest iceberg runs aground

The world’s largest iceberg appears to have run aground, posing more problems to scientific bases on Antarctica and penguin colonies, where tens of thousands of chicks face starvation.

Experts had predicted that B15A – a 100-mile-long iceberg – would probably slam into a huge glacier near the US McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica last weekend.

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