The goal of the Australian Antarctic Program's Million Year Ice Core (MYIC) project is to recover and analyse a continuous ice core record of Earth’s climate and atmospheric history spanning well over a million years. Our work is aimed at improving understanding of glacial cycling and long-term climate, ice sheet, and carbon cycle stability (see IPICS Oldest Ice Challenge).

Drilling started in January 2025, shut down for winter and resumed in November. The 10-person Traverse team arrived at Dome C North on 18 November, 2025, after 17 days and 1168km of travel inland from Casey research station. They were joined by the first five members of the MYIC science team on 21 November.

Follow the team's progress in their field diary (links to each week below).