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Sampling bedrock beneath the ice sheet, GHC will identify if and when the glacier retreated in the past, how it recovered, and how it is currently responding to environmental conditions.

Investigating sediments deposited in the seas near the glacier, Thwaites Offshore Research (THOR) will reconstruct past changes in environmental conditions and the glacier’s response to these, thereby adding context to our projections of future change.

Measuring ocean circulation and thinning beneath the floating part of the glacier using state of the art technology such as AUVs and automated land-ice stations, TARSAN will investigate how the ocean and atmosphere are affecting the glacier.


Today, 21 March 2025, the spotlight is being shined on glaciers on the first UN World Day for Glaciers. 

2025 is also the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation; a global campaign to highlight how melting glaciers are affecting our planet. The movement encourages us all to act to preserve the vital role of glaciers in sustaining life on Earth for generations to come.


Cavity Camp on Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, Dec 2020, Ted Scambos
Cavity Camp on Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, December 2020. Cavity Camp was named for its central location above the ocean cavity below the ice. Credit: Ted Scambos