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Bookmark or Share- ITGC Thwaites GlacierUK and US scientists are collaborating to investigate one of the most unstable glaciers in Antarctica, the Thwaites Glacier, roughly the same size as Florida or Britain. Learn more about the mission.
- I Was There as the World’s Widest Glacier Split Apart - The AtlanticThwaites’s calving edge stretches just under 100 miles, and so it takes us hours to travel its length. Sometimes the margin appears steep and sturdy and sheer; in other places, it loses its ...
- Thwaites Glacier - WikipediaThwaites Glacier is an unusually broad and vast Antarctic glacier located east of Mount Murphy, on the Walgreen Coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was initially sighted by polar researchers in 1940, mapped in 1959–1966 and officially named in 1967, after the late American glaciologist Fredrik T. Thwaites.
- ITGC Thwaites GlacierThwaites is the widest glacier on Earth, at ~120 km (~80 miles) wide. Its fastest flowing grounded ice is centred between 50 and 100 km (31 and 62 mi) east of Mount Murphy on the north coast of West Antarctica.
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Thwaites Glacier & ITGCThwaites Glacier is the widest glacier on Earth, at ~120 km (~80 miles) wide. Its fastest flowing grounded ice is centred between 50 and 100 km (31 and 62 mi) east of Mount Murphy on the north coast of West Antarctica. (Sources: Elevation Map of Antarctica (REMA), Howat et al., 2019, The Cryosphere) WHERE IN ANTARCTICA IS THWAITES?
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