Little Dome C is high on the central Antarctic plateau, reaching an altitude of 10,498 feet (3,200 meters) above sea level, presenting numerous challenges. The team had to work to prevent drill ...

Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more than 200 days, drilling into the ice and processing the ice core at a remote ...

SEE ALSO: If a scary asteroid will actually strike Earth, here's how you'll know An international group of researchers excavated the ice at Little Dome C Field Camp in Antarctica, located 10,607 ...

Italian researcher Federico Scoto was among the glaciologists and technicians who completed the drilling at the beginning of January at a location called Little Dome C, near Concordia Research ...

Australian scientists have begun a new major ice core drilling project in Antarctica. They hope to search through more than a million years of climate history for clues about our planet's past and ...

At a site in Eastern Antarctica known as Little Dome C Field Base. Each of the last four summers has been devoted to drilling. Federico Scoto is a researcher on the project. Working here ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest ... the drilling campaign was conducted at the remote ‘Little Dome C’ site by an international team of researchers.

An international team of scientists has achieved a groundbreaking feat in climate research by drilling a core of ice that could hold secrets dating back more than a million years. The team ...