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Ages of Ice

Greenland Ice Sheet

Season 2026 Episode 1 | 4m 58s

Glaciologist, Professor Alun Hubbard conducts field work on the Greenland ice sheet during the summer season. Abseiling into a moulin with a thundering channel of melt water beneath him, Alun detects high levels of methane being emitted from the bed of the ice sheet.

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Alun and the Moulin
Glaciologist Alun Hubbard stands at the edge of a perilous moulin on the Greenland ice sheet.
Clip: S2026 | 2:22
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