iceberg b-15a continued to drift along the coast leaving mcmurdo sound. on 27–28 october 2005, the iceberg ran aground off cape adare in victoria land and broke into several smaller pieces, generating seismic signals that were detected as far away as the amundsen-scott south pole station the largest of which was still named b-15a (now measuring approximately ). three additional pieces were named b-15p, b-15m, and b-15n. iceberg b-15a then moved farther up north and broke up into more pieces. these were spotted by air force fisheries patrol on 3 november 2006. on 21 november 2006 several large pieces were seen just 60 km off the coast of timaru, new zealand—the largest measured about , rising from the surface of the ocean.