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 ...

Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions’ 757 lands ... Some have suggested they filmed the trip in a studio, a dome or a sphere similar to the live-music venue in Las Vegas — or that they recorded ...

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.

Antarctic ice acts as a time capsule ... The drilling site, located at Little Dome C, is one of the most isolated and inhospitable places on the planet. Average temperatures hover around -35 ...

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 ...

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, stretching back more than a million years.

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 European team spent four years drilling at the remote Little Dome C site, located on the Antarctic plateau in the eastern part of the continent at an altitude of nearly 3,200 meters.

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic ... called Little Dome C, near ...