The New York Times is joining nearly 40 scientists on a two-month expedition to Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers.
Scientists are trying to gauge how much extra water to expect along coastlines around the world, and how soon. To do that, they need to better understand what’s going on in the ice and in the warming ocean currents that are causing it to melt.
Getting to Antarctica for that research will require traveling through some of the roughest seas on the planet. Along the way, climate reporter Raymond Zhong and photographer Chang W. Lee will be sharing dispatches about what the researchers learn and the challenges they face at sea and on the ice.
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The New York Times is joining nearly 40 scientists on a two-month expedition to Antarctica’s fastest-melting glaciers.
Scientists are trying to gauge how much extra water to expect along coastlines around the world, and how soon. To do that, they need to better understand what’s going on in the ice and in the warming ocean currents that are causing it to melt.
Getting to Antarctica for that research will require traveling through some of the roughest seas on the planet. Along the way, climate reporter Raymond Zhong and photographer Chang W. Lee will be sharing dispatches about what the researchers learn and the challenges they face at sea and on the ice.
Learn more about what the scientists plan to study [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/climate/antarctica-thwaites-glacier.html?unlocked_article_code=1._08.kx5U.DdQ2SqN84buF&smid=re-nytimes). Then head [here](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/climate/antarctica-thwaites-glacier?unlocked_article_code=1._08.4u-U.UJQqtYiH5sMN&smid=re-nytimes) to follow updates from the trip and send your own questions about the expedition to our journalists.