NYTIMES (Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee) - Drilling Into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica
Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier.
Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier.
Scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before getting a glimpse at the warming waters underneath.
After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the weather would let them.