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A view of the front of Thwaites Glacier

Celebrating first World Day for Glaciers

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. Read More

Join the celebration of Antarctic Week 2024
ITGC scientists listen to a talk at the recent meeting in Cambridge

UK meeting brings the Thwaites community together

Over 100 researchers and support staff working on the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) from across the US and UK, together with other international partners, met at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge in September 2024 to discuss their observations and results so far.

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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