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Annotated Image of Thwaites Ice Shelf

Seal Scientist! Measuring under the ice shelf!

Scientists are interested in learning about how the ocean affects the ice shelves around Antarctica! The Southern Ocean, that circles around all of Antarctica, has different layers of water at different ocean depths that have different temperatures, salinity and more! Read More

Polar Ambassador student

Student Polar Climate Ambassador

High School students interested in exploring the poles and polar science, join a group of like minded peers! Read More

Hoffman ITGC:090

Hoffman, A. O., K. Christianson, N. Holschuh, E. Case, J. Kingslake, and R. Arthern. 2022. The Impact of Basal Roughness on Inland Thwaites Glacier Sliding. Geophysical Research Letters 49:14 e2021GL096564.

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Davis ITGC:081

Davis, P.E.D., K.W. Nicholls, D.M. Holland, et al. 2023. Suppressed basal melting in the eastern Thwaites Glacier grounding zone. Nature 614, 479–485 (2023).

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Maclennan ITGC:080

Maclennan, M. L., J. T. M. Lenaerts, C. Shields, and J. D. Wille. 2022. Contribution of Atmospheric Rivers to Antarctic Precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters 49:18 e2022GL100585.

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Graham ITGC:078

Graham, A.G.C., A., Wåhlin, K. A. Hogan, et al. 2022. Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era. Nature Geoscience 15, 706–713.

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