Miles O'Brien and Peter Davis -- PBS
Miles O'Brien and Peter Davis -- PBS

Keith’s note: On 11 February 2026 NOVA PBS Host / NewsHour reporter Miles O’Brien conducted a live broadcast from a ship in the southern ocean around Antarctica where Thwaites glacier aka the “Doomsday Glacier” is melting at an alarming rate. In this broadcast Miles spoke first with Peter Davis from the British Antarctic Survey and then with David Holland from New York University. At 23:55 in this video Miles asked Peter Davis an Astrobiology-related question regarding Europa, and Enceladus that I posed via the online chat. Full transcript

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