Today, the team completed decommissioning of GNSS site PECE. After nearly 25 years of collecting data crucial to understanding ice sheet stability and Antarctica’s vital role in global climate and sea level change, site PECE is no more. While fieldwork continues successfully, the gradual dismantling of the ANET-POLENET network and the retirement of historic sites like PECE—home to decades of invaluable data—cast a bittersweet shadow over the trips, marking the end of direct observations of Antarctic ice mass changes and the conclusion of ongoing data collection.

field blog for our Antarctic season