Fieldwork in the Transantarctic Mountains:

Our fieldwork consists of sampling glacial till within moraines to determine the composition of rocks being eroded by major glaciers flowing through the Transantarctic Mountains. We will use this information to workout the relative amounts that each glacier contributes to the Ross Ice Shelf.

Click the links below to see what doing fieldwork in Antarctica is like.

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Base Camp

Glaciers and Mountains

Work in the Field

Getting Around

 
 

 

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