A robot named Icefin operated on previously impossible survey areas of the Thwaites Glacier.
into a 600-meter-deep borehole, delivered a never-before-seen perspective on the changes occurring beneath the Thwaites glacier in western Antarctica.
Dr. Peter Davis of the British Antarctic Survey made measurements of the ocean as part of the MELT project using a 600-meter-deep borehole drilled around two kilometers from the grounding line. His measurements were then compared with melt rate observations made at five additional sites below the ice shelf.
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