News from the Cruise – Louise Biddle from the University of East Anglia explains why the ocean team is going to Pine Island Glacier.
Read Full »PhD studentship at the University of Leeds
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 »Pine Island Glacier sensitive to climatic variability
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.
Read Full »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 …
Read Full »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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