February 9, 2015

Scientists drilling first deep ice core at the South Pole

This winter, when many people’s imaginations were fixed on the North Pole, a small group of scientists has been working on the other side of the planet. In round-the-clock daylight and frigid temperatures, glaciologists have been drilling an ice core at the South Pole.

Drilling continues through the end of January for the first of two years of a joint project by the ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ and the University of California, Irvine. The National Science Foundation is funding the to dig into climate history at the planet’s southernmost tip. Read the full article in .