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Drilling Into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica
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Drilling Into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica

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Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier.

1. The glacier’s rippling mass sprawled from the hills and volcanoes of the Antarctic interior out into the Southern Ocean, covering an area the size of Britain. Won Sang Lee stood on its ice, his tall frame wrapped in a red polar suit, and watched h... [1593 chars]

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Source: The New York Times

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