Over Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

By
Nick Frearson
October 28, 2009

Earth Institute | Columbia University

We are here to measure the glacier’s ice surface with lasers, its bottom with radar and estimate the depth of the water below it with an instrument that measures the gravity pull from above the glacier.

Read the blog post here.

Photo of Hudson Mountains in Pine Island Glacier taken from aircraft. Photo: Nick Frearson