Inagural Project Cohort 2024-2025
Projects at the Brinson Exploration Hub involve significant expeditions, deployments, or launches to explore new frontiers and tackle complex science questions. Each project is focused on addressing the Brinson Hub pillars including education, partnership, and agility in its execution.
GLASS: GROUNDING ZONE LONG-TERM ACOUSTIC SENSING OF STRUCTURE
The first-ever “movie” of ice-structure motion using a distributed acoustic sensing instrument with fiber optic array.
SCWI: STABLE COSMIC WEB IMAGER
Observations of the structure of the universe from a high-altitude balloon that will circumnavigate Antarctica for a multi-week mission to map the night sky.
SURGE: SUBSURFACE ROBOTICS FOR GROUNDING ZONE EXPLORATION
In-situ, distributed observations of melting processes under the ice-ocean interface with IceNode, a variable buoyancy robot.