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Scientists in West Antarctica make major drilling breakthrough
25 December 2023
While Santa’s been busy at the North Pole, a team of international experts have dealt some serious scientific action to the South Pole. Original article
Ross Shelf reports
Monday 25 December 2023
25 December 2023
Merry KIS-mas from the SWAIS 2C Team! We here at the SWAIS 2C KIS3 camp wish everyone a happy and joyful holiday season!
Ross Shelf reports
Sunday 24 December 2023
24 December 2023
Today we took a little time to make our camp feel a bit more festive in preparation for Christmas!
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Saturday 23 December 2023
23 December 2023
Our team are on the largest shelf they can think of, and it's nearly Christmas (for those who celebrate). So of course there needs to be an elf!
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Friday 22 December 2023
22 December 2023
The larger hole (~35 cm) through the Ross Ice Shelf was completed today!
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Octopuses help solve a long-standing mystery of West Antarctica demise
21 December 2023
Turquet’s octopuses, a species of cephalopod found in the Southern Ocean, were able to move around a melted West Antarctic Ice Sheet as recently as 125,000 years ago, according to new…
Ross Shelf reports
Thursday 21 December 2023
21 December 2023
It’s the small luxuries… Remote field work in Antarctica often involves going weeks without a shower or clean clothes.
Ross Shelf reports
Wednesday 20 December 2023 (part 2)
20 December 2023
After years of planning and preparing and so much hard work of so many, including three weeks of set up time, trouble shooting and dry runs of hotwater drilling (HWD) and…
Ross Shelf reports
Wednesday 20 December 2023
20 December 2023
When the wind blows… After a beautiful day on Tuesday with sunny skies and very little windy, today started out grey and windy and it kept getting windier and colder throughout…