Thwaites Glacier Blog
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To read about the research on the Thwaites Glacier, view our blogs and writing. The largest Earth science funding agencies in the United Kingdom and the United States are collaborating to investigate one of the most unstable glaciers in Antarctica, the Thwaites Glacier.
Thwaites Glacier Blog
1y ago
The crane lowered the little orange submarine until it finally touched down snuggly onto its ramp on the back deck of the Palmer ..read more
Thwaites Glacier Blog
1y ago
It has been a busy autumn (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere) for the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC). And it is about to get much, much busier ..read more
Thwaites Glacier Blog
1y ago
“We found a sea pig last night in one of the Megacore tubes,” Jennie Mowatt, a marine technician onboard, nonchalantly said as she passed around a video on her cell phone for all of the scientists in the meeting ..read more
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1y ago
Greetings from WAIS Divide. Jake Walter here, co-I on the TIME project, which is part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC ..read more
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1y ago
Scientists from the MELT project are in Antarctica this field season. The team aims to use autonomous sensors, vehicles (including Icefin), radar, and moorings to monitor the Thwaites ice shelf and grounding line ..read more
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1y ago
The GHC team in the Hudson Mountains seem to have all the luck with weather and logistics this year ..read more
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1y ago
Join teacher Sarah Slack as she writes about her experience as an NSF PolarTREC teacher on board the Nathaniel B. Palmer research vessel ..read more
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The Thwaites Glacier Offshore Research (THOR) team set sail from Punta Arenas, Chile, on January 26, 2020 and is conducting research in the Amundsen Sea off the coast of Thwaites Glacier ..read more
Thwaites Glacier Blog
1y ago
After two months traveling, quarantine, training, packing, and just plain waiting at McMurdo Station, the TARSAN on-ice team is finally now on its way today to the U.S ..read more
Thwaites Glacier Blog
1y ago
The crane lowered the little orange submarine until it finally touched down snuggly onto its ramp on the back deck of the Palmer ..read more