On 13 January 2025, an iceberg named A-84 broke away from Antarctica’s George VI Ice Shelf, opening a section of seafloor that had been sealed beneath floating ice.
The timing was unusually fortunate. A research team aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too) was already working in the Bellingshausen Sea. According to a Schmidt Ocean Institute release published on 20 March 2025, the team changed its expedition plan and reached the newly exposed site on 25 January,…
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