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What lies beneath Antarctica’s ice? - Guest Work

Guest Work • Jul 19, 2016 •

Christine Dow, University of Waterloo; Felicity Graham, University of Tasmania, and Sue Cook, University of Tasmania There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land beneath Antarctica’s ice sheets. Buried under kilometres of ice is a fascinating realm of canyons, … Read More

The Snows of Ruapehu - Journeys to the ice

Matthew Wood • Sep 13, 2010 •

Mount Ruapehu could be viewed as New Zealand’s Kilimanjaro: the upper slopes of its formidable volcanic mass tower above the plain below, hosting glaciers that, considering the surrounding desert climes, have only the most tenuous claim to existence. As is the case with its Tanzanian counterpart — vividly documented in the 2006’s An Inconvenient Truth — Ruapehu’s glaciers … Read More