Earth’s glacial record

The most recent drilling programme was named the Cape Roberts Project and was a multi-million dollar operation, involving 55 scientists, that provides a series of snapshots of how the Antarctic Ice Sheet has developed since its initiation, 35 m.y. ago. Scientists are here examining the core for the first time in the laboratory at McMurdo Station. MH

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