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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.

Antarctic ice melt to drastically alter the structure of key Antarctic current, new research finds

23 May 2025

Antarctic ice melt to drastically alter the structure of key Antarctic current, new research finds Antarctica’s “last oceanic defence” could be transformed by the melting of the very ice it shields, according to a ground-breaking new study. Published in Geophysical Research Letters, the study predicts the melting of Antarctic ice through climate change will alter […]

From East Antarctica to the world: outreach program goes global

21 May 2025

From East Antarctica to the world: outreach program goes global A young, talented and diverse group of Antarctic researchers working in the field alongside some of the sector’s research veterans was a hallmark of the Denman Marine Voyage (DMV). The two month-long voyage to the largely unexplored Denman Glacier and Shackleton Ice Shelf region of […]

Study of ancient collision zone reveals origins of enormous hidden mountain range in East Antarctica

13 May 2025

Study of ancient collision zone reveals origins of enormous hidden mountain range in East Antarctica Australian researchers have discovered how a large mountain chain resembling the European Alps and buried deep below the East Antarctic ice sheet, grew and partly collapsed more than half a billion years ago. Formed by an ancient collision of two […]

Seasonal Newsletters

Read the latest ACEAS Seasonal newsletters as we seek to uncover the mysteries of East Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and better understand emerging climate risks.