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Exploring Antarctica's Threatened Glaciers (with a Robot)

Season 1 Episode 5 | 10m 39s

Researchers hope they can better understand how climate change is affecting Antarctica’s vulnerable glaciers. Caitlin and Arlo meet with scientists & engineers at the 8-mile-long Erebus Glacier Tongue to discover how a 12-foot-long robot named Icefin might help save the world. Then, they head to the Florida-sized Thwaites glacier on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - the front line of climate change.

Aired: 03/09/20
Extras
When in Antarctica, meeting penguins is an absolute must. But it’s not always easy.
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth.
How do the scientists and support personnel stay fed?
How do Antarctica’s fish survive in waters below their freezing point?
What happens to all the garbage—and human poop—in Antarctica?
Arlo and Caitlin meet the people who find themselves in Antarctica year after year.
Antarctica has a glacier that bleeds red. (At least, that’s what it looks like.)
Hosts Caitlin and Arlo travel to an Antarctic Weddell seal colony during pupping season.
It’s the most remote natural lab on Earth, which means getting there is no easy feat.
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When in Antarctica, meeting penguins is an absolute must. But it’s not always easy.
Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth.
How do the scientists and support personnel stay fed?
How do Antarctica’s fish survive in waters below their freezing point?
What happens to all the garbage—and human poop—in Antarctica?
Arlo and Caitlin meet the people who find themselves in Antarctica year after year.
Antarctica has a glacier that bleeds red. (At least, that’s what it looks like.)
Hosts Caitlin and Arlo travel to an Antarctic Weddell seal colony during pupping season.
It’s the most remote natural lab on Earth, which means getting there is no easy feat.