The New York Times is on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong meets with Paul Anker, a drilling engineer aboard the icebreaker Araon, to discuss the stakes, preparations and pressure of the mission to drill a hole in the Thwaites Glacier to measure the water beneath.
Learn more and send our Climate team your questions about the trip: nytimes.com/antarctica
Video by Raymond Zhong, Chang W. Lee, Christina Thornell, Jon Miller, Leila Medina and Stephanie Swart
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