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Siobhan Killingbeck
Department
School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics
Postdoctoral Researcher
Affiliation
Swansea University
Project
GHOST

Siobhan Killingbeck is a postdoctoral researcher based at Swansea University for the GHOST project. She will work on the magnetotelluric data acquired on Thwaites Glacier to improve our knowledge of the geothermal and hydrological conditions beneath Thwaites Glacier.

Kevin Hank
Department
Ice Dynamics and Palaeoclimate
Postdoctoral Researcher
Affiliation
BAS: British Antarctic Survey
Project
GHOST

Kevin Hank is a postdoctoral researcher at the British Antarctic Survey. His research focuses on the role of physical system processes in the evolution of ice streams. As a member of the GHOST team, Kevin will be working with Robert Arthern and C. Rosie Williams on the ice-sheet model WAVI. In particular, he will investigate basal drag and the implementation of basal sliding laws to improve confidence in sea level rise predictions.

Scientists have discovered a landscape of rocky hills and smooth plains beneath the remote Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. A team of researchers used seismic imaging to map the area where the ice sits on the bed, giving new insights into the future of this enormous glacier and how it may respond to environmental change. Results are presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) meeting in Vienna this week.
Held October 9, 2023, the ITGC ECR Science Communication Workshop was a half-day meeting geared at bringing together students and postdocs across ITGC to practice effective science communication with the public.
The final field season of the ambitious, international effort to understand Antarctica’s giant Thwaites Glacier is complete. Teams of scientists and support staff with the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) have spent the past couple of months working on the Thwaites Glacier to advance our knowledge of how it interacts with the ocean and climate, and improve the predictions of its future contributions to sea level rise.

Ran, the seven metre-long, bright orange, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and a highly valued component of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC), has gone missing in action in West Antarctica. The AUV has contributed key data to ITGC, including the first data from under Thwaites ice shelf1 and high resolution maps that show where Thwaites Glacier was grounded in the past2. Ran disappeared the first weekend of February during an expedition to Thwaites Glacier with the South Korean icebreaker RV/IB Araon.

Emily Neville
Communications and Engagement Manager
Affiliation
BAS: British Antarctic Survey
Project
SCO

Emily works on the UK communications for the Science Coordination Office (SCO) for the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. Alongside the SCO team, she plans and develops news and press releases, produces content for social media and liaises with research teams.

 

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