Antarctica team conducts first study of melting Totten Glacier
By YUMI NAKAYAMA
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Japan’s 61st research expedition to Antarctica arrived off the Totten Glacier in the eastern part of the frozen continent on Dec. 14 to conduct a series of observations.
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But the center of the researchers’ attention is the sea area around the Totten Glacier.
Warm seawater is believed to be drifting under the end of the glacier, causing a substantial amount of ice to melt.
The researchers fear that such losses of ice will cause sea levels to rise around the world.
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As the helicopter reduced its altitude and changed locations, the observation team dropped 15 devices through gaps in the ice from the open backdoor.
Within almost one minute of the drops, Kaihei Yamazaki, a 26-year-old team member who is a graduate student at Hokkaido University, excitedly notified others in the helicopter.
“Here comes the data,” he cried out.
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