Icebergs

A giant iceberg, 115sq km in size, moving slowly from the Antarctic has been spotted on satellite images and is about 5000km from Dunedin.

He has seen his fair share of icebergs, but Rodney Russ does not like seeing them in unusual places.

Hopes of seeing icebergs off the coast of Otago in the coming days have been blown away by strong winds - although a following group of icebergs could still make an appearance.

The icebergs which had appeared to be heading towards Otago have disappeared, but more could be on the way.

A satellite image of what was possibly an iceberg 35km off Stewart Island is only a reef, Helicopters Otago managing director Graeme Gale says.

A report of an iceberg floating near Stewart Island has proved to be premature.

An iceberg which split in half near Macquarie Island, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, is slowly drifting north, a polar travel company says.

Interest in sightseeing flights is heating up as the icebergs spotted in New Zealand's subantarctic waters move closer.

A large mass of 20 icebergs is heading towards New Zealand, Australian scientists say, but oceanographer Dr Mike Williams warns it is too early to predict a repeat of the icebergs that paraded past the Otago coast in 2006.

Satellite images have confirmed the iceberg seen off Macquarie Island last week is moving north, past the sub-antarctic island.