lower thwaites. how many people at lower thwaites? less than here. how many?stmas on the ice and was all set to have to forgo my turkey dinner — how wrong i was. and i made some salmon, turkey, ham. that is quite a christmas spread. 0reo cheesecake. it looks amazing, hey. all in western antarctica. all in the middle of nowhere. christmas is over and the storm has blown itself out. time to load up for the final 400 miles to the glacier. not in one of the big planes this time, in something much smaller. this is a twin 0tter — rugged, reliable and great on short runways, perfect for working out here on the ice. we‘re headed to the place where the base of the glacier goes afloat. it‘s called the grounding line, and it‘s where this glacier is melting. an advance party are already on thwaites glacier. theirjob — to map the area where the scientists are going to be deployed to make sure it‘s safe. the glacier is littered with deep crevasses, which could be lethal. this is actually the first open crevasse we‘ve driven into. you can see the layers here don‘t connect wi