‘Colder and deeper’: Scientists close in on spot to drill Antarctic ice core 1.5m years old
theguardian.com, Other, 13/02/2021, Graham Readfearn
Antarctic scientists are close to finalising a drilling location deep in the frozen continent’s interior that could reveal a continuous record of the Earth’s climate going back 1. […] Dr David Etheridge, a climate scientist at CSIRO, has undertaken several polar drilling projects, but he said the conditions at Little Dome C would be “harder, colder and deeper” than previous efforts.