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The submersible underwater vehicle Ran offshore of Antarctica 2022.

A new view of how the ocean melts Antarctica's ice shelves

An international research team deployed the uncrewed submersible 'Ran' underneath 350 m thick ice. They got back the first detailed maps covering extensive areas of the underside of a glacier, revealing clues to future sea level rise.  Read More

Ice front of Thwaites Glacier in January 2020. Photo credit: David Vaughan, ITGC
Lead tractor on the traverse on Thwaites Glacier. Photo credit Ole Zeising

New insights into the bed beneath remote Antarctic glacier

Scientists have discovered a landscape of rocky hills and smooth plains beneath the remote Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. Read More

The camp at the TIME 2 research site. Photo credit: Marianne Karplus
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Early Career Scientists hone their communications skills

Since its start in 2018, the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) has supported graduate students and postdoctoral researchers studying ice-ocean interactions in West Antarctica across the United Kingdom and United States. Read More

Photo of Ran navigating in the Antarctic. Credit Adam Ulfsbo, University of Gothenburg

Final mission for the underwater robot ‘Ran’ under Thwaites Glacier

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. Read More

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Antarctica Live Lessons 2023

Antarctica Week Festival 2023

Antarctica Live Lessons, a new and exciting educational platform, launches as the feature of the annual ITGC Antarctica Week Festival . Read More