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Drilling on the Thwaites Glacier

Scientists’ drilling mission on a remote and inaccessible glacier

The team of scientists working on the Thwaites Glacier has two weeks to complete a drilling programme

The team of scientists working on the Thwaites Glacier has two weeks to complete a drilling programme | Credits: British Antarctic Survey

A team of researchers from the UK and Korea has reached the most inaccessible and least-understood part of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica where they will drill through the glacier to directly observe...

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