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Fishing for a glacier's secrets

Fishing for
a glacier's
secrets

It’s an ice fishing trip like no other.

A five-metre long drill. More than a kilometre of line. On a glacier tongue over an unmapped ocean. The mission: to suspend a string of sensors under the ice that will monitor the temperature, salinity and currents of the ocean below, every hour for the next few years.

How to drill an ice shelf — and why

How to drill
an ice shelf
— and why

Christmas Day 2023. While many of us are at the beach or around the barbie, a plucky team of four scientists and a polar field guide pitch their tents at what must be the world’s most remote campsite: the Shackleton ice shelf.

COOKIES Blog #3 – What’s the big deal about sedimentary ancient DNA?

22 Jan 2026

What’s the big deal about sedimentary ancient DNA? By Ana Gomes, Research Fellow, NORCE (Norwegian Research Centre) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU Most people don’t get excited about mud – but for us, there is nothing more satisfying than a long, continuous, and well-preserved sediment core. What looks like ordinary mud is actually a layered archive […]

COOKIES Blog #2 – Voyage to Antarctica – without leaving the classroom

20 Jan 2026

Voyage to Antarctica – without leaving the classroom By Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU EB1JI do Parrinho School, Portugal (Image Credit: F. Rosario) How much do you or your students know about Australia’s research vessel, the CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator? Why do scientists travel thousands of kilometres south to study the oceans around Antarctica? How does […]

COOKIES Blog #1 – Cook Ice Shelf research: why it’s important

16 Jan 2026

Cook Ice Shelf research: why it’s important By Dr Linda Armbrecht, Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science / Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU The Cook Ice Shelf sits in a remote part of East Antarctica, but it plays a major role in Earth’s climate system. Recent […]

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