A glacier in peril

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier has been thinning due to warming ocean temperatures, and is considered one of the continent’s most unstable masses of ice.

South Indian Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

ANTARCTICA

Weddell

Sea

South Pole

Thwaites Glacier

South Pacific Ocean

N

South Indian Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

ANTARCTICA

Weddell

Sea

South Pole

Thwaites Glacier

South Pacific Ocean

N

South Atlantic Ocean

South Indian Ocean

ANTARCTICA

Weddell

Sea

ARGENTINA

South Pole

Thwaites Glacier

South Pacific Ocean

NEW ZEALAND

N