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Ross Shelf reports
Sunday 10 December 2023
10 December 2023
The Antarctic environment poses many challenges to deep field operations, including scientific drilling for the SWAIS 2C project!
Ross Shelf reports
Saturday 9 December 2023
09 December 2023
One of the most important things at a remote camp in Antarctica is feeding all of the people at the camp!
Ross Shelf reports
Tuesday 7 December 2023
07 December 2023
All of the camp structures are set up, connected to power, and working well! We also completed the food inventory and stored everything away.
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Il nostro futuro sulla Terra è scritto nei ghiacci antartici
27 November 2023
Il futuro dell’umanità sarà inevitabilmente condizionato dall’innalzamento del livello dei mari, perché il riscaldamento dell’Oceano Australe potrà accelerare la fusione di una parte della calotta glaciale che ricopre l’Antartide Occidentale…
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Husker expertise featured in new Antarctic study
26 November 2023
A multinational team of scientists, drillers and engineers has deployed to a remote part of Antarctica on an urgent mission to predict how fast the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will…
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Kiwi scientists warn Antarctica's disappearing sea ice will directly impact life here
20 November 2023
We are on notice - Antarctica's disappearing sea ice is set to directly impact life here in New Zealand. Original article
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世界で初めて南極棚氷下の大規模地層掘削を実施 西南極ロス海棚氷下での地層掘削計画（SWAIS2C）の開始について
20 November 2023
この度、2023年11月から南極での活動を開始する「西南極ロス海棚氷下掘削計画（Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to 2 Degrees Celsius of Warming、略称SWAIS2C）」に、国立極地研究所の菅沼 悠介教授、北海道大学低温科学研究所の関 宰准教授、富山大学学術研究部理学系の堀川 恵司教授が参加します。 Original article
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Drilling deep into a remote part of Antarctica looking for clues to how fast the ice will melt
18 November 2023
A large New Zealand-led team of researchers, engineers and drillers is hopefully just weeks away from starting drilling on an ambitious project to retrieve a deep sediment core from a…
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West Antarctica science expedition first of its kind
17 November 2023
A group of scientists is setting off for the West Antarctic ice sheet, aiming to drill further than ever before to help predict the impacts of climate change.
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Antartide: Units in missione scientifica
15 November 2023
Un team di ricercatori e tecnici di perforazione il 16 novembre 2023 partirà da Christchurch (NZ) alla volta dell’Antartide per dare il via al progetto internazionale denominato SWAIS2C ("Sensitivity of…