If you are a journalist and would like to speak to any of the team who are on-ice (Dec 2024 - Jan 2025 and Dec 2025 - Jan 2026) please contact us at swaiscomms@gns.cri.nz for more information. Below you will find media releases and media articles about the SWAIS2C project.
Ross Shelf reports
Wednesday 27 November
27 November 2024
Our 2024/25 season is underway! The Antarctica New Zealand traverse arrived at KIS3 on 15 November, after a 15-day, 1328 km journey across the Ross Ice Shelf.
Media releases
International team launch second attempt to drill deep for Antarctic climate clues
11 November 2024
An ambitious mission is underway for critical geological records to forecast future sea-level rise, with the first team members departing on a 1128 km journey over ice to set up…
Media clippings
We’re spending Christmas in Antarctica to predict Earth’s future
20 October 2024
Drilling deeper than anyone has drilled before, researchers hope they will find useful secrets - and vindication for their personal sacrifice. NB this article is behind a paywall.
Project updates
SWAIS2C core workshop offers first glimpse of sediment from below Ross Ice Shelf
20 May 2024
Sediment cores retrieved from Antarctica’s Siple Coast last summer were carefully opened and examined at a recent workshop at the Otago Repository for Core Analysis (ORCA), an important step in…
Media clippings
Probing West Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate Mysteries
27 February 2024
Durham University is part of an international project pushing new boundaries to understand how the vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet could respond to climate change.
Media releases
Antarctic frontier project ‘tantalisingly close’ to vital climate secrets
31 January 2024
An international team has successfully drilled through 580 metres of ice, obtained the longest sediment core ever retrieved from the remote Siple Coast, and gathered crucial information in their mission…
Ross Shelf reports
End of the first season at KIS-3
28 December 2023
The first SWAIS2C field season at the KIS-3 drill site on the Ross Ice Shelf is over, and our on-ice team is heading home with some cool new data and…
Ross Shelf reports
Tuesday 26 December 2023
26 December 2023
What is an interstitial water sample and why do we care?
Media clippings
Scientists in West Antarctica make major drilling breakthrough
25 December 2023
While Santa’s been busy at the North Pole, a team of international experts have dealt some serious scientific action to the South Pole. Original article
Ross Shelf reports
Monday 25 December 2023
25 December 2023
Merry KIS-mas from the SWAIS 2C Team! We here at the SWAIS 2C KIS3 camp wish everyone a happy and joyful holiday season!