Approaching the end

Greetings iSTAR blogreaders, and Happy New Year. I write to you as we bounce once more over Pine Island Glacier’s sastrugi (“dunes” of snow formed by wind) en route to our 20th site of the overall 22. Yes, the finish of the traverse is approaching fast …

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Ocean2ice studentship

An iSTAR PhD studentship has been announced at the University of East Anglia: “Ocean-ice interaction in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica”. This forms part of Ocean2ice (iSTAR A). Note: application deadline: 6 Jan.

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