Drilling has begun in Australia’s quest for the oldest, continuous ice core record of Earth’s climate, dating back more than one million years. Australian Antarctic Program scientists are on location at ‘Dome C North’, which ice-flow modelling and radar data shows may contain ice up to two million…

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Aerial view of the ice core campsite showing shipping containers, tractors and the foundations for a large drilling shelter
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A scientist extracts ice from the ice core drill, with the campsite and Hägglunds in the background.
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