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Scientists ready to drill on Thwaites Glacier as fierce winds delay work — Static01.nyt.com

Scientists ready to drill on Thwaites Glacier as fierce winds delay work

On Tuesday, a week after scientists from Britain and South Korea pitched tents on Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, the 10-member team said they were ready to begin a multiday drilling operation into the half-mile-deep ice, the culmination of an eight-week voyage of the icebreaker Araon that, if successful, would allow

Scientists recover memory cards from underwater robot Gull in Pine Island Bay — Static01.nyt.com

Scientists recover memory cards from underwater robot Gull in Pine Island Bay

Scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon retrieved two memory cards from a yellow underwater robot named Gull in Pine Island Bay, Antarctica. Gull was deposited in the bay on Jan. 14 to collect oceanographic measurements, diving repeatedly and traveling in a rectangle 22 miles by 11 miles. A colleague in California

Researchers set up camp on Thwaites Glacier to probe melting from below — Static01.nyt.com

Researchers set up camp on Thwaites Glacier to probe melting from below

After weather delays, a team of scientists has established a camp on Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier to bore half a mile through the ice and place instruments in the warming ocean beneath the glacier. The group flew roughly 17 tons of gear from the icebreaker Araon by helicopter and pitched

A Century of New York Times Reporting From Antarctica — Static01.nyt.com

A Century of New York Times Reporting From Antarctica

Raymond Zhong is on an eight-week expedition to Antarctica aboard the South Korean icebreaker Araon, which he said left Christchurch, New Zealand, on Dec. 27 and is carrying dozens of scientists and two New York Times journalists. The paper’s archive traces nearly a century of reporting from the continent,

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

Weather forces delays to drilling effort at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier — Static01.nyt.com

Weather forces delays to drilling effort at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

A 10-person team aboard the icebreaker Araon hoping to drill deep into Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier has been delayed by rapidly changing weather that has repeatedly forced helicopter flights to turn back. Expedition members have set foot on the glacier’s fractured surface, but attempts to reach the planned drilling

Weather and low clouds stall helicopter operations at Thwaites Glacier expedition — Static01.nyt.com

Weather and low clouds stall helicopter operations at Thwaites Glacier expedition

A 10-person team aboard the icebreaker Araon attempting to drill into Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier has been hampered by rapidly changing weather and low clouds that have repeatedly grounded helicopter flights, expedition members reported. The team hopes to bore into the glacier to install instruments and study why it is

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,