SWAIS2C’s third season is underway

It’s all go for our 2025/26 season! The Antarctica New Zealand traverse arrived at Crary Ice Rise (CIR) on Friday 21 November, after a 13-day, 1100km journey across the Ross Ice Shelf. The convoy of PistenBully polar vehicles towed equipment and supplies for the season, including 27-30 tonnes of drilling and science equipment, and 3.5 tonnes of food.

The six team members are now busy building the camp and preparing a skiway in the snow so that our drill and science team can fly in on ski planes. Our drill team have arrived at Scott Base, have completed field training and kit out, and will head out to CIR when weather permits.

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 Core workshop findings indicate past Ross Ice Shelf collapse and West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat

Core workshop findings indicate past Ross Ice Shelf collapse and West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat

09 July 2026

Analysis from our core description workshop supports the initial observations made in the field – our Antarctic sediment core holds a record of an open marine environment, far closer to…

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Core workshop gets underway

Core workshop gets underway

03 June 2026

We’ve just opened the best present ever – our first sediment core, retrieved from under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet last season.

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