Researchers on a multimonth Antarctic expedition describe how the climate crisis intertwines with their work.
, this is Rachel Feltman. In our last few Friday Fascination episodes, journalist Sofia Moutinho has taken us along for her ride on the, an icebreaker traveling through the Southern Ocean. Today marks the end of our journey with Sofia, so if this is the first time you’re hearing about Antarctica in our feed, definitely go back and catch up.
We mentioned Thwaites Glacier, nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier,” in Episode One. Pine Island Glacier is melting at a similarly rapid rate, discharging lots of glacial ice into the bay.Peter Sedwick, a chemical oceanographer at Old Dominion University and one of the cruise’s leaders, told me sampling of the area in recent years has been very limited.It’s not very often open to an oceanographic vessel getting in there.
Annie Stefanides, a research assistant at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was a first-time cruiser onboard. I asked her what she found to be the most difficult part of the trip.Well, right now I’m thinking about seasickness the most. That has been pretty challenging, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s only been a few days where we’ve actually been transiting and it’s been rough, compared to being on stations for, like, 40 days in a row.
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