Their goal is to study the area where the large, but melting, Thwaites glacier faces the Amundsen Sea.

他们的目标是研究巨大但正在融化的斯韦茨冰川面向阿蒙森海的区域。

The area, which is where the Thwaites glacier is located, is sometimes called " the place in the world that's the hardest to get to" .

这个地区就是斯韦茨冰川所在的地方，有时被称为" 世界上最难到达的地方" 。

In particular, this team of scientists, part of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, wanted to get a look underneath the glacier, at an area called the grounding zone.

国际思韦特冰川合作组织的科学家团队，想看看冰川下面，一个叫做接地带的区域是什么情况。