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Hot-water drilling begins through Thwaites Glacier to study melting — Static01.nyt.com

Hot-water drilling begins through Thwaites Glacier to study melting

British and South Korean researchers on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2026, began boring a deep hole through the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica to study the warm ocean currents that are melting the glacier from below. The team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the glacier’s floating end because

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

Helicopter Radar Scans of Thwaites Glacier Aim to Inform Europa Studies — Static01.nyt.com

Helicopter Radar Scans of Thwaites Glacier Aim to Inform Europa Studies

Scientists aboard the icebreaker Araon flew a radar-equipped helicopter over Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier to image crevasses and the glacier’s internal structure, a campaign that researchers say can also help interpret future radar scans of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. For more than six hours on Friday the chopper

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

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

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,