Research

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See COMMENTARY FROM Thor team member Alastair Graham on a new article out in the May 29 issue of science

REVEALING THE FORMER BED OF THWAITES GLACIER USING SEA-FLOOR BATHYMETRY The Cryosphere

PAST WATER FLOW BENEATH PINE ISLAND AND THWAITES GLACIERS, WEST ANTARCTICA The Cryosphere

Outreach

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TUNE IN 30 APRIL 2020 FROM 3:30-4:30 EST FOR A LIVE YOUTUBE EVENT PRESENTED BY POLAR TREC TEACHER SARAH SLACK

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THOR 2020 Cruise News- BLOG

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**SEe the USGS post and animation of how SIF was revealed…**

March 9, at 11:15 AM EDT. Dr. Frank Nitsche and Sarah Slack will talk about the research taking place on the ship and how it fits into building a comprehensive understanding of Thwaites Glacier. They will also talk about life onboard and what it is like to be trapped on a boat with a limited number of peanut butter cups and no dogs for two months!

Register to participate here: https://www.polartrec.com/polar-connect/register/

THOR team members enroute to the newly exposed island- sifclick on the image to read about from Sarah’s Polar trec blog — THOR team members enroute to the newly exposed island- sif
click on the image to read about from Sarah’s Polar trec blog

THOR’s PolarTREC teacher Sarah Slack is blogging about second of THOR’s cruises down to Thwaites Glacier. Use the link above to go directly to the PolarTREC website or click below among the digest of blog posts. You can also sign up for email updates on the PolarTREC site. If you want to see the path of the Nathaniel B. Palmers track, go HERE.

THOR PI Rob Larter is quoted in TIME following the recent PNAS publication on Marine Ice Sheet Instability.

Linda Welzenbach’s pictures from NBP1902 are featured in another WIRED article about the AUV HUGIN.

THOR Outreach specialist Linda Welzenbach’s pictures from NBP1902 are featured in the recent WIRED article (All seal images permit number FCO UK No. 29/2018):

THOR PI, Dr. Julia Wellner talks about how diatoms help us understand the timing of glacier advance and retreat. Footage from Thwaites Glacier during NBP1902, captured by Linda Welzenbach is included.