A team of over 20 polar scientists from the UK, US and Sweden set sail this week (29 January) on the first ship-based research expedition to Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica as part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration.
This cruise is part of a five-year project to understand the contribution that the glacier will make to global sea level.
USGS Maps of Bakutis, Eights Coast Areas
More information available at these locations:
https://thwaitesglacier.org/resources/maps-bakutis-eights-coast-areas
https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2600/
https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2600/E/ Eights Coast
https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2600/F/ Bakutis Coast
USGS Maps merged by Chris Shuman of UMBC JCET and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
On the TIME project, Kaip participates in field work conducting seismic and geophysical research.
Marianne Karplus' research focuses on structure and tectonics of the Earth's lithosphere using active- and passive-source seismic methods. Marianne has led two field teams for TIME in 2021-22 and 2022-23. She also contributes to the Science Coordination Office duties.
Kiya Riverman, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Oregon studying glacial dynamics and ice-ocean interactions along the Antarctic Peninsula, is a research assistant for both the MELT and GHOST projects.
THOR blog - Cruise offshore of Thwaites Glacier
Seven researchers from the Thwaites Offshore Research team embark on a 53-day cruise in the Amundsen Sea to study the ocean off of the Thwaites Glacier.
Read about THOR's Cruise News.
Megan Spoth is a research assistant on the GHC project. Her research uses lake cores to map the climate patterns since the Last Ice Age to broaden the understanding of the climate systems on a global scale.
Scott Braddock is a research assistant on the GHC project. He studies glaciers in the Antarctic and Alaska. With the aid of ground-penetrating radar and other methods to collect data, we can better understand how glaciers are reacting to changes in the atmosphere and oceans.
John Woodward is a co-investigator on the GHC project. His research interests are in the field of glaciology, in particular polar glaciers, ice sheets and subglacial lakes.
