Lamont-Doherty researchers are also studying climate change in Antarctica. In 2009, the ice-breaking ship R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer traveled to the Amundsen Sea to investigate the massive Pine Island Glacier, which in recent decades, has been accelerating its slide into the sea. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/09/investigating-the-world%E2%80%99s-oceans-pole-to-pole-and-deep-below-the-bottom/
