— Aleka Agre, Abrupt Climate Change, spring 2021
Thwaites Glacier: Icefin Robot
This is the final version of the Thwaites Glacier Icefin Robot animation that I made for David and Denise Holland. The main goal of this project is to help high school students gain an interest in climate science, not as a topic of doom and gloom, but as an exciting exploration of the planet in new ways never seen before.
Through this project, I learned a lot about Thwaites and the amazing robot, the Icefin, which are both incredibly interesting and so important to understand the changes happening on the planet today. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to work on this project and I’ve really enjoyed being a part of it.
For anyone interested in learning more about either Thwaites or the Icefin you can check out this link or if you want to see the full, unedited footage from the Icefin under Thwaites you can find that here.
”Georgia Tech News Front Page,” Georgia Institute of Technology 2 Apr. 2015
“Icefin Robotic Vehicle at the Seafloor under the Ross Ice Shelf.” Georgia Tech, Youtube, 4 Apr. 2015
“PBS NewsHour.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 19 Feb. 2020,
“Thwaites Glacier.” ITGC Thwaites Glacier
