When drilling at the Vostok site was completed in 1998, the borehole had reached a depth of 3,623 m, with an estimated 130 m of ice remaining to the lake surface. The top 3538 m of the core is ...
Longitudinal ice core samples awaiting analysis for lead and other chemicals using the continuous ice core analytical system at the Desert Research Institute (credit: Jessi LeMay) Disclaimer: AAAS and ...
Show more Show less A researcher at Japan's Hokkaido University Institute of Low Temperature Science cuts a slice from an ice core sample taken from a glacier in the Pamir mountain range in Tajikistan ...
Sapporo (Japan) (AFP) – Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world's ...