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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · 7d

Wonderful week spent with @geogdurham.bsky.social
students on the Arctic fieldtrip learning about Arctic environments, governance, and politics. Great enthusiasm all around! Students even led some roadside yoga and rounders when the bus broke down. Some pretty good northern lights too!

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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · 21d

Had a lovely time at the @igsoc.bsky.social British Branch meeting in Oxford! Great to catch up with familiar faces and meet some new ones too. It was also nice to have received commendations for my talk and left with a new duck companion 🦆!

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Endless debris flows...😱

These images of the debris flow that hit Bionaz (1600m, Valpelline) last night show why you should avoid rivers and streams during heavy thunderstorms in the mountains! 🌊

🎥 Meteo Valle d'Aosta
Via @johannsalpenweer.bsky.social

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · Aug 17

Worst situation of glaciers in Central Asia ever... 🥵

Shown here is Grigoriev ice cap (4600 m asl, Kirghizistan)

Not a single snow patch left up to the summits, for the first time in over 10 years! 😱

Pics and MB data by @landervt.bsky.social 🙏

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Katherine Deakin @katherinedeakin.bsky.social · Jul 23

Excited to share that some of the results from my master’s research have been published! Using SAR, we found evidence of winter meltwater persistence on George VI Ice Shelf and upstream of its grounding line 🛰️🧊

www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear...

Frontiers | Winter meltwater storage on Antarctica’s George VI Ice Shelf and tributary glaciers, from synthetic aperture radar

The presence and storage of meltwater on Antarctic ice shelves has implications for ice-shelf stability and collapse, while meltwater on grounded tributary g...

www.frontiersin.org

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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · Jul 23

Another great day of the IGS symposium, with a field trip visiting evidence of glaciation in upper Teesdale, Eden Valley drumlins at Brough Castle, the fluvioglacial landscape of the Brampton Kame Belt, and streamlined bedforms from Tyne Gap ice streaming (plus Roman archaeology) at Hadrian's Wall!

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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · Jul 23

If anyone is looking for advice on networking or often finds it’s a bit daunting I’d recommend checking out the post written by @iceybethan.bsky.social sharing her top tips. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/07/stra...

Strategic networking: building an academic career - AntarcticGlaciers.org

Strategies for academic networking at conferences, using formal networks and committees, and informal or peer networks.

www.antarcticglaciers.org

Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · Jul 23

Fantastic turnout at the
@igsoc.bsky.social symposium ECR event last night! Really insightful advice from @iceybethan.bsky.social and Becky Sanderson about how to navigate networking and conferences! We enjoyed putting their tips into practice during speed networking afterwards.

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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · Jul 23

Yesterday I gave a talk to ECRs at the @igsoc.bsky.social @igs-egg.bsky.social conference @geogdurham.bsky.social @durhamglaciology.bsky.social on academic networking. My tips and tricks for academic networking for career success are here: www.antarcticglaciers.org/2025/07/stra...
Anything to add?

Strategic networking: building an academic career - AntarcticGlaciers.org

Strategies for academic networking at conferences, using formal networks and committees, and informal or peer networks.

www.antarcticglaciers.org

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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · Jul 17

We're really looking forward to hosting the @igsoc.bsky.social International Symposium on Ice Streams and Outlet Glaciers here at @geogdurham.bsky.social next week! ❄️ To learn more about glaciology research at Durham check out our brand new website! durhamglaciology.wordpress.com

Durham Glaciology

Visit the post for more.

durhamglaciology.wordpress.com

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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · Jul 11

I’m incredibly proud of all that you’ve achieved and it was lovely to watch you finally wrap up the PhD. Can’t wait to see all the exciting things you get up to next!! 🥳

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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · Jul 8

Congratulations to @cristinabalaban.bsky.social who was back visiting Durham today for graduation! 🎓 Cristina's PhD research reconstructed the past glaciation of the Southern Carpathians, Romania, and she is now continuing her palaeoglaciological work as a postdoc in Prague. Well done Cristina! 👏❄️🍾

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Durham Glaciology @durhamglaciology.bsky.social · Jul 2

Enjoying a glaciology group writing retreat this morning, with excellent cake provided by @hollywytia.bsky.social! ✍️🍰❄️

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Adrian Luckman @adrianluckman.bsky.social · Jun 10

Nested glacier surges! This is Liestolbreen in Svalbard, surging into Nathorstbreen (which itself surged from 2008), and then being surged into by Doktorbreen. All brought to you by the magic of Sentinel-1 SAR

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Ellie Honan @elliehonan.bsky.social · Jun 6

The first paper of my PhD (and my first first-author paper!) is out now in Marine Biology 🌊 🎆 We tracked snow petrels in a season of extreme weather and little sea ice in east Antarctica❄️ read more on our #ANTSIE webpage here:
www.antsie.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/06/06/snow-petrel-tracking/

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · May 28

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN

The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱

All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊

Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠

📷 Pomona

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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · May 15

Finally heading home after what may be my last @iapetusdtp.bsky.social student conference! As always, fantastic to hear everyone’s research updates and catch-up with my cohort.

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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · May 3

Beautiful karst landscapes in Central Vietnam at the largest cave in the world. Can’t seem to avoid a bit of geography on holiday!

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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · Mar 17

A reminder that abstract submission for the @igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet glaciers @geogdurham.bsky.social closes 24th March. We're looking forward to presentations from both contemporary & palaeo perspectives to encourage cross-pollination of ideas & research approaches! ❄️⚒️🧪

Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · Feb 13

⚒️🧪 Registration & abstract submission for the
@igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet Glaciers, hosted at @geogdurham.bsky.social from 21st-25th July 2025, is now open! ❄️ Abstracts can be submitted until 24th March & registration is open until 5th May: pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham...

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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · Mar 10

Can’t complain about todays work from home setup (ft. sleepy doggo)!

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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · Feb 27

It’s not the primary focus of the paper, but we document and discuss the evolution of two circular tension cracks (Fig. 11) on a glacier in Austria here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

Redirecting

doi.org

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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · Feb 13

⚒️🧪 Registration & abstract submission for the
@igsoc.bsky.social Symposium on Ice Streams & Outlet Glaciers, hosted at @geogdurham.bsky.social from 21st-25th July 2025, is now open! ❄️ Abstracts can be submitted until 24th March & registration is open until 5th May: pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham...

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Connie Harpur @connieharpur.bsky.social · Feb 3

Ice-marginal lakes across #Greenland- why do they matter?! 🇬🇱🧊 🌊

Our article in Geography introduces the importance of these chilly lakes and their impact on ice sheet change.

Read on for an IML crash-course plus some cool classroom tips ❄️💻✏️

@joemallalieu.bsky.social

shorturl.at/Z4jUh

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Nature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · Feb 3

Article: Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins

@tomchudley.bsky.social @gatorglaciology.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social @byrdpolar.bsky.social

https://bit.ly/4jGH2LW

Increased crevassing across accelerating Greenland Ice Sheet margins - Nature Geoscience

Greenland-wide observations of crevasse volume and distribution suggest substantial increases in crevassing between 2016 and 2021 at marine-terminating sectors with accelerating ice flow.

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Holly Wytiahlowsky @hollywytia.bsky.social · Feb 3

Hi Bethan, please could you add me to list, thank you!

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