It's part of a broader research campaign to better understand changes to the nearby Denman Glacier — the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica. The deep field campsite at Bunger Hills will be ...

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Professor Nerilie Abram explains the significance and challenges of working at the Edgeworth David Base Camp in Antarctica's Bunger Hills.

EACH morning, when the weather gods allow, the members of Team Minke clamber from their village of tents strewn on the rock rubble of Bunger Hills, pull on their glacier boots and eskimo jackets, and ...

Bunger Hills, a small exposed fragment of a larger flat surface at the edge of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.