Dan Price
PhD
Glaciologist
University of Canterbury
Dan is a glaciologist and remote sensing expert with a research background in satellite and airborne sea ice geophysics, satellite altimetry, and crevasse detection and avoidance. He has completed ten seasons to Antarctica conducting scientific efforts to improve measurements of sea and land ice from low altitude airborne, and satellite systems. Additionally, he has played a role in logistical efforts for Antarctica New Zealand, including six heavy vehicle traverses of the Ross Ice Shelf leading the navigation and route-finding campaigns from Scott Base to the Siple Coast in 2017, and onto the Crary Ice Rise in 2022.
In the Antarctic Science Platform, Dan is working to improve understanding of the melt rate processes under the world’s largest ice shelf, the Ross Ice Shelf. Using an array of surface-based radar systems the goal is to deliver precise measurements over years to shed light on melt rate trends, patterns and pinpoint signposts of change. Covering an area approximately the size of Spain, the Ross Ice Shelf introduces ice to the global ocean volume, ice upstream of the shelf holds approximately 12 m of sea level rise equivalent. The scientific community is eager to understand how this critical ice shelf will change over the coming decades and centuries given its size and role in future sea level changes.
Dan is also the Chief Scientist of Christchurch-based aerospace company Kea Aerospace.