Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - BBCNEWS - 20200726:02:49:00
We're headed to the place where the base of the glacier goes afloat. it's called the grounding line, and is 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 with these layers over here. this is a void, the actual crevasse itself, which is the one right here. another team survey the site to pinpoint...