New Zealand Iceberg Threat.
More than 100 icebergs moved towards the New Zealand coastline from the Southern Ocean and threatened shipping interests in the region. Some of the floating ice measured more than 200m across. The same bergs passed by Australia’s Macquarie Island, 1,500km southeast of Tasmania, on the 16th – it is very uncommon for icebergs to make it this far north. In 2006, icebergs floated to within 25 km of the New Zealand coast, and this was the first such sighting since 1931. These bergs are traveling a similar route to the ones in 2006, but scientists are not sure if they will remain intact all the way to the Auckland Islands.