Antarctic drill team first to reach where ice sheet, ocean and land converge
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 23, 2015 - Using a specially designed hot-water drill to cleanly bore through a half mile of ice, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded team of researchers has become the first ever to reach and sample the "grounding zone," where Antarctic ice, land and sea all converge. Data gathered from samples of sediment taken in the grounding zone will provide clues about the mechanics of ice sheets and their po ... more

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