Scientists searching for ancient ice in Antarctica
A group of American scientists in Antarctica are searching for the world's oldest piece of ice. The goal is to find an ancient sample that will help us understand the changing climate.
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A group of American scientists in Antarctica are searching for the world's oldest piece of ice. The goal is to find an ancient sample that will help us understand the changing climate.
Their work near the South Pole means camping on the ice without showers or flushing toilets for seven weeks — but what we can learn about climate change there is essential to science.
The iceberg, which once hosted a Soviet research station, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986, but then became grounded in the Weddell Sea.
Scientists believe the iceberg has a volume twice that of Lake Erie in North America and is more than three times the size of the greater London area.
A nine-year-old from West Chester is preparing to run a marathon in Antarctica in February as a way to raise money for a family charity.
