(Reuters) – A giant iceberg has forced an Australian Antarctic team to abandon a summer pilgrimage to the base built by the nation’s most famous Antarctic explorer, Douglas Mawson, upsetting planned celebrations for the centenary of Mawson’s expedition.
The iceberg, known as B9B and about 100 km (60 miles) long, has drifted into Commonwealth Bay in East Antarctica and blocked sea access to Mawson’s historic wooden huts, which are in an isolated area of the continent at Cape Denison.
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