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glaciologist
[gley-shee-ol-uh-jist, -see-]
Example Sentences
"This is the best feeling ever," declared the Russian-born glaciologist in the thin mountain air of Kon Chukurbashi.
Suddenly the ice became more brittle, harder to handle, yet promising at the same time -- perhaps a sign of a period of change, said expedition leader Evan Miles, a glaciologist at the Swiss universities of Fribourg and Zurich.
"This new study offers a tantalising glimpse into what could be the fastest rate of retreat ever observed in modern-day Antarctica," said Dr Frazer Christie, glaciologist and senior Earth observation specialist at Airbus Defence and Space.
An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.
"This is very much a pioneering expedition that combines lots of adventure, but also really ambitious science," Sevestre, a world-renowned glaciologist, told AFP before the pair flew out from South Africa on October 29.
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