Unauthenticated

ECR retreat

Report on IDEA Activities - 2021

Commitment was expressed in early project meetings for building a community that encompassed the IDEA goals; these found new energy through the 2020 formation of the IDEA Council (formerly known as JEDI). Read More

The glacier's ice breaks where it moves over ocean. Ted Scambos

Thwaites Glacier is under assault from below and losing its grip

ITGC's Ted Scambos describes the program's research on Thwaites Glacier in an article written for The Conversation.

Read More
Photo by Marianne Karplus

TIME field teams retrieve seismic, GPS, and radar data from Thwaites' eastern shear margin

There was a whole lot of digging during this Antarctic summer season (2021-22) at the Eastern Shear Margin (ESM) of Thwaites Glacier by ten intrepid International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC) scientists and mountaineers. Read More

Rachel, Patricia, Li and Daisy on NBP March 2022

Celebrating International Women’s Day on 8 March 2022

International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on 8 March. This year’s theme is #BreaktheBias

Read More
View of McMurdo Station. Credit: Ted Scambos

TARSAN team reaches McMurdo Station

After two months traveling, quarantine, training, packing, and just plain waiting at McMurdo Station, the TARSAN on-ice team is finally now on its way today to the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) major logistical hub, WAIS Divide Camp. Today is January 3rd, 2022. Read More

Thwaites Glacier tongue. Photo credit: Wikicommons

Thwaites science discussed at AGU press conference

ITGC scientists addressed reporters on Monday, December 13, 2021, at the American Geophysical Union meeting, describing the rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier and the implications that will have on our planet in the coming years. Read More