HUNTING FOR ANTARCTICA'S OLDEST ICE

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: V. Ya. Lipenkov, A. A. Ekaykin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2018
• Subjects: антарктида; гидраты; глубокое бурение; датирование льда; древний лёд; климатическая перестройка; палеоклиматическая реконструкция; плейстоцен; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Vostok Station; Antarc*; EPICA; ice core; Ice Sheet; Антарктида
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2018-2-255-260; https://doaj.org/article/210c9601129d43c58b482651ec890433

One of the key priority tasks for the international Antarctic community is drilling and studying old Antarctic ice with age exceeding 1 million years in order to investigate possible reasons for the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. During the 2017–2018 austral season at Vostok Station, we carried out mic...