The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away
The Araon, a South Korean ice-breaker vessel, navigates a bed of sea ice near the Thwaites glacier in January 2026 Chang W. Lee/New York Times/ Redux/eyevine Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away. “Its final demise could happen…