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Ross Shelf reports
First load in the camp washing machine
09 December 2024
Running out of clean socks on the Ross Ice Shelf? Camp mini-washing machine to the rescue!
Ross Shelf reports
Making water for hot water drilling
06 December 2024
The hot water drill team are making excellent progress at KIS3.
Ross Shelf reports
Science team arrives at KIS3
04 December 2024
Five members of the science team, including the two Co-Chiefs Richard Levy and Tina van de Flierdt, flew to the drilling site at KIS3 on 4 December on a Basler…
Ross Shelf reports
The drill tent is up!
29 November 2024
The wind at KIS3 has eased, allowing the drill teams to complete the final step of assembling the drill tent – putting the skin on.
Ross Shelf reports
Our 2024/25 season is underway
27 November 2024
The Antarctica New Zealand traverse arrived at KIS3 on 15 November, after a 15-day, 1328 km journey across the Ross Ice Shelf.
Media releases
International team launch second attempt to drill deep for Antarctic climate clues
11 November 2024
An ambitious mission is underway for critical geological records to forecast future sea-level rise, with the first team members departing on a 1128 km journey over ice to set up…
Media clippings
We’re spending Christmas in Antarctica to predict Earth’s future
20 October 2024
Drilling deeper than anyone has drilled before, researchers hope they will find useful secrets - and vindication for their personal sacrifice. NB this article is behind a paywall.
Project updates
SWAIS2C core workshop offers first glimpse of sediment from below Ross Ice Shelf
20 May 2024
Sediment cores retrieved from Antarctica’s Siple Coast last summer were carefully opened and examined at a recent workshop at the Otago Repository for Core Analysis (ORCA), an important step in…
Media clippings
Probing West Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate Mysteries
27 February 2024
Durham University is part of an international project pushing new boundaries to understand how the vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet could respond to climate change.
Media releases
Antarctic frontier project ‘tantalisingly close’ to vital climate secrets
31 January 2024
An international team has successfully drilled through 580 metres of ice, obtained the longest sediment core ever retrieved from the remote Siple Coast, and gathered crucial information in their mission…