Two Ice Blocks Float Adrift in the South Atlantic

Two ice blocks are drifting along the Argentine coast 217 miles off shore pushed by the Falkland current, warned the Argentine Coast Guard last week.

One of them is 820 feet long by 30 and 131 feet tall, and both are a potential hazard for shipping in the area. The first block was sited early afternoon by the “Atlantic Surf” fishing vessel, and a few minutes later, nearly ten miles to the northeast. The second with similar dimensions.

“The ice blocks are drifting with the Falkland current, in direction south-north, and could travel thousands of miles before melting down”, reports the Coast Guard release.

The Argentine Coast Guard vessel “Thompson”, with air support, is closely monitoring both ice blocks to warn shipping and concerned with the proximity of the squid season when hundreds of jiggers flock the South Atlantic.