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A fact from Iceberg A-38 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that when iceberg A-38 calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1998, it carried a German research station with it?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Iceberg A-38.

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:46, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Satellite image of iceberg A-38 soon after calving

... that when iceberg A-38 calved from the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf in 1998 it carried a German research station with it? "An iceberg larger than the state of Delaware peeled off from the Ronne Ice Shelf near Berkner Island in west Antarctica last month, sending a German research facility adrift into the Weddell Sea" from: Colhoun, Alexander (November 8, 1998). "Giant Berg Breaks Free, Sends Station Afloat" (PDF). Antarctic Sun. United States Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. p. 5.

Reviewed: Third and fourth of six credits from Template:Did you know nominations/Chilocorus cacti

5x expanded by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 14:50, 4 November 2020 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed:
Used in article:
Clear at 100px: - I don't think that the picture is clear enough to see what is going on at this resolution.

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Meets all requirements. But I'm not sure the pic is clear enough to be run. (t · c) buidhe 21:56, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks buidhe. I've since created an article for Filchner Station. I've boldlinked this in the hook above. Would you mind reviewing this as a second article? Many thanks - Dumelow (talk) 09:11, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Approved, it appears to meet all the DYK requirements (newness, length, copyvio, etc.) (t · c) buidhe 09:21, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]