Beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf lies a hidden ocean—dark, cold, and almost impossible to reach. Scientists drilled through hundreds of metres of ice to access it, revealing a world that plays a crucial role in how ice shelves melt. Years later, we had the chance to explore this unseen environment—not in the field, but through the data that the expedition left behind. Antarctica’s ice shelf ...[Read More]
What Lies Beneath an Ice Shelf
Hot-water drilling operations at the HWD2 site on the central Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, where a borehole was created to access the ocean beneath the ice. [Credit: Craig Stevens/ESNZ]