Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more than 200 days, drilling into the ice and processing the ice core at a remote ...

Little Dome C is high on the central Antarctic plateau, reaching an altitude of 10,498 feet (3,200 meters) above sea level, presenting numerous challenges. The team had to work to prevent drill ...

Australian scientists have begun a new major ice core drilling project in Antarctica. They hope to search through more than a million years of climate history for clues about our planet's past and ...

SEE ALSO: If a scary asteroid will actually strike Earth, here's how you'll know An international group of researchers excavated the ice at Little Dome C Field Camp in Antarctica, located 10,607 ...

We drilled an ice core to the bedrock (651 metres deep) at Skytrain Ice Rise — an ice dome sitting between the ... the same period in other parts of Antarctica, consistent with what would ...

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, stretching back more than a million years.

At a site in Eastern Antarctica known as Little Dome C Field Base. Each of the last four summers has been devoted to drilling. Federico Scoto is a researcher on the project. Working here ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest ... the drilling campaign was conducted at the remote ‘Little Dome C’ site by an international team of researchers.

A multinational team, consisting of the University of Copenhagen and 11 other research institutions from 10 different European countries, recently completed the drill at the Lille Dome C base in ...