Source: NZ Herald
It reads like a Hollywood plot – a team crossing crevasse-riddled sea ice to drill 500m for geological evidence that could reveal when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet might collapse, driving sea-level rise and impacting millions worldwide.
We’ve completed drilling at Crary Ice Rise with a whopping 228 metres of sediment core, exceeding our target of 200 metres!
Third time’s a charm - we have successfully drilled 200 metres of sediment core from beneath the ice sheet at Crary Ice Rise!