iSTAR D Three Brits, a Canadian and an Aussie head off into the Ellsworths… As part of the iSTAR-D project, three GPS receivers were permanently installed throughout the Ellsworth Mountain region of West Antarctica. These receivers, combined with sampling of erratic boulders, aim to provide more information on local ice history and rates of isostatic… Read more »
Read Full »The ISTAR ice investigation team has returned to UK after a gruelling but successful 1500km journey across West Antarctica. The ocean investigation team is now onboard the RRS James Clark Ross heading for the Amundsen Sea for the next leg of the 2013-14 field season.
Read Full »Friends and colleagues turned out today to wish Adrian, Povl, Pierre and Satoshi from iSTAR’s ‘Ocean Under Ice’ team a safe and successful trip ‘south’.
Read Full »The School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds invites applications for a PhD studentship in observation and modelling of the Cryosphere. Application deadline: 13 February 2014.
Read Full »A new study published in Science this month suggests the thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is much more susceptible to climatic and ocean variability than at first thought.
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