Antarctica sea ice study - in pictures

Researchers from NYUAD's Centre for Global Sea Level Change return from deploying a wave buoy to study ice in Antarctic in 2017.
Researchers from NYUAD's Centre for Global Sea Level Change return from deploying a wave buoy to study ice in Antarctic in 2017.
Clare Eayrs and Daiane Faller from NYUAD get ready to deploy onto the sea ice on a chilly spring morning in 2019.
Clare Eayrs and Daiane Faller from NYUAD get ready to deploy onto the sea ice on a chilly spring morning in 2019.
The vastness of the Antarctic viewed from a window of a Nasa plane.
The vastness of the Antarctic viewed from a window of a Nasa plane.
Travelling through sea ice in the Atlantic southern ocean aboard the 'S.A. Agulhas II', a South African ice-breaking polar supply and research ship, in the winter of 2017.
Travelling through sea ice in the Atlantic southern ocean aboard the 'S.A. Agulhas II', a South African ice-breaking polar supply and research ship, in the winter of 2017.
Ice in the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica, during spring 2019. A distant iceberg can be seen on the horizon.
Ice in the Lazarev Sea, Antarctica, during spring 2019. A distant iceberg can be seen on the horizon.
Researchers from NYUAD's Centre for Global Sea Level Change on their way to retrieve a mast installed on sea ice in the Southern Ocean in 2019.
Researchers from NYUAD's Centre for Global Sea Level Change on their way to retrieve a mast installed on sea ice in the Southern Ocean in 2019.
Antarctica has fascinated explorers for centuries. Explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship 'Endurance' was trapped and slowly crushed by ice in the Weddell Sea during his second expedition to the Antarctic in 1915.
Antarctica has fascinated explorers for centuries. Explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship 'Endurance' was trapped and slowly crushed by ice in the Weddell Sea during his second expedition to the Antarctic in 1915.
Clare Eayrs and Daiane Faller install a mast on sea ice in the Southern Ocean in 2019. The mast supports instruments to measure turbulent and radiative fluxes.
Clare Eayrs and Daiane Faller install a mast on sea ice in the Southern Ocean in 2019. The mast supports instruments to measure turbulent and radiative fluxes.
Sea ice in 2017 forming through the 'pancake cycle'. The characteristic raised rims are caused when the pancakes crash into each other through wind and wave action.
Sea ice in 2017 forming through the 'pancake cycle'. The characteristic raised rims are caused when the pancakes crash into each other through wind and wave action.