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A First Look Below Antarctica’s Most Menacing Glacier
Scientists at Thwaites Glacier attempted to place equipment beneath the ice to better understand how the ice melts. Our climate correspondent Raymond Zhong walks us through his groundbreaking experiments and bittersweet results.
Raymond Zhong, Chang W. Lee, Christina Thornell, Jon Miller, Stephanie Swart and Shafik Quoraishee
February 6, 2026
