Beneath the ice: Scientists predict the future by drilling into Antarctica's ancient past

Source: ThreeNews / Stuff

It has been called the Antarctic Frontier: an international project testing the very limits of Antarctic research has recovered a record breaking ice core.

After three attempts, the New Zealand co-led international effort to dig 500 metres below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has managed to recover sediment that's millions of years old.

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