Scientists from Northern Illinois University are back in their laboratory after a 3-month expedition on the Ross Ice Shelf, the world’s largest floating ice sheet.
ງານມະຫະກຳ ການຄົ້ນຄວ້າ ຢູ່ຂົ້ວໂລກໃຕ້

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Deep SCINI (Submersible Capable of Underwater Navigation) explored a marine cavity deep under the ice. (Reed Scherer/NIU)

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A fish discovered deep in the grounding zone surprised scientists. (Deep SCINI/ UNL/Andrill SMO)

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NIU’s Reed Scherer collects a sample from the multi-sediment corer. (WISSARD)

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Sediment and ice cores offer clues to the ice sheet ecology and history and how they change over time. (Reed Scherer/NIU)