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Amundsen Sea

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Bad weather delays Thwaites Glacier camp; Araon crew works on nearby sea ice — Static01.nyt.com

Bad weather delays Thwaites Glacier camp; Araon crew works on nearby sea ice

Bad weather forced a postponement of attempts to set up camp on Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, forcing the icebreaker Araon to sail from a nose‑to‑nose position with the glacier to nearby Pine Island Glacier in the Amundsen Sea. Low clouds made it impossible to land helicopters and begin

Photographer captures close-up views of the Thwaites Glacier from icebreaker Araon — Static01.nyt.com

Photographer captures close-up views of the Thwaites Glacier from icebreaker Araon

Aboard the icebreaker Araon in the Amundsen Sea, a New York Times photographer made close-up photographs of the Thwaites Glacier while the ship sailed back and forth collecting oceanographic data on Thursday and Friday. “I probably shot all the corners and sides of the entire Thwaites’s shelves,” the photographer

Icebreaker Araon arrives at Thwaites Glacier to begin monthlong research — Static01.nyt.com

Icebreaker Araon arrives at Thwaites Glacier to begin monthlong research

After a 12-day crossing, the icebreaker Araon and nearly 40 scientists reached the Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea on Wednesday, beginning an ambitious campaign of air, sea and surface studies. The voyage from New Zealand was mostly smooth until the ship entered an exceptionally dense area of sea ice

Icebreaker Araon reaches close to Thwaites Glacier in Amundsen Sea — Static01.nyt.com

Icebreaker Araon reaches close to Thwaites Glacier in Amundsen Sea

The icebreaker Araon arrived at the Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea and sailed down a narrow channel to the glacier’s ocean edge, leaving the ship enveloped on three sides by the ice, according to reporting from the Araon on Jan. 8, 2026. The Araon’s captain, Kim Gwang-heon,