Canadian flag in Antarctic ice after expedition to measure melting glaciers, CHEK Media Oct 7 report n transcript at Heating Planet blog

"Canada now has its flag planted firmly in Antarctic ice, giving Canada a seat at the table for the UN Antarctica Treaty." Below is video report on the Victoria expedition to Antarctica to research glacier response to heating waters. Tia's job is to find out what is in those warming waters: “We're on Canadian vessels with the Canadian Navy.” Data that’s collected goes to Ocean Networks Canada in Victoria for processing. Glaciers are barometers of climate change.

WATCH: Victoria scientists chart climate change from Antarctica, CHEK Media Oct 7 report- transcript below

Not too many cruises take you to the 0:04 edge of the map. Antarctica is a place 0:07 few get to go and fewer dare to go. But 0:10 for UIC scientist Dr. Tia Anderlini, the 0:13 definition of a cruise is a little 0:14 different than mine or yours. 0:16 I've been on cruises with uh with 0:17 Americans with like a few other people 0:19 from Europe. Um but this was possibly my 0:22 first cruise of all Canadians. 

Transcripts here for readers writers and researchers

Last 0:24 February, a team Canada of sorts was 0:26 formed for an expedition or cruise to 0:28 the most remote part of the planet to 0:30 find out how glaciers in Antarctica are 0:32 responding to climate change. 0:34 Only Canadian researchers, we're on a 0:36 Canadian vessel. We're with the Canadian 0:37 Navy. 0:38 Glaciers are the great frozen barometers 0:40 of climate change. And a couple of years 0:41 ago, a Canadian coastal observatory was 0:44 installed in Antarctica. 0:45 Right where that white dot is, 0:47 giving Canada a seat at the table for 0:48 the UN's Antarctic Treaty. It's Tia's 0:51 job to figure out what exactly is in 0:53 those warming waters. Data that's 0:55 collected and processed here in Victoria 0:57 at Ocean Networks Canada. 0:59 Studying sea ice is the literal 1:01 definition of a fluid situation. 1:03 For a while there, the sea ice was 1:05 growing and now it's shrinking quickly 1:07 and not for the better. 1:08 The sea ice around Antarctica has been 1:10 drastically diminished over the last 1:12 several years. Understanding that change 1:15 and the impact on biodiversity is very 1:17 important. 1:17 Important to us and the rest of the 1:19 world. When the ice melts, it exposes 1:21 clues, silt, and sediment that are data 1:23 points, a road map to where climate 1:25 change may take us. But in an age of 1:27 instant information, this research moves 1:29 at a glacial pace. 1:30 Some of the things we found so far is 1:32 that the the data is difficult to work 1:35 with. It's complicated. 1:36 Can't you just run it through Chad GPT? 1:38 Oh, I wish. Man, wouldn't that be easy? 1:39 But Canada now has its flag planted 1:41 firmly in Antarctic ice, giving us a 1:43 foundation for future research. As a 1:45 scientist, it's special. In peak ostral 1:48 summer, the penguin to human ratio is 1:50 about 10,000 to1. 1:51 Tons of penguins. 1:52 Oh, hi. 1:53 They swarm your boat, but on land, 1:55 you're supposed to keep 5t away from 1:57 these little guys. It's hard to imagine 1:59 a species in Antarctica having zero 2:01 chill, but you've never met a penguin. 2:03 They're just like bobbing up to you and 2:04 you're like, "Hey, hey, hey, guy." Like, 2:05 "No, back up. Back up." 2:07 For now, it's easy to get swept up in 2:09 it. You kind of get taken away by the 2:10 beauty.

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