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Australia Plans To Drill 2,000-Year-Old Ice Core In Antarctica

Posted by timothy on from the best-place-for-it-really dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Australia announced Saturday a new project to drill a deep ice core in Antarctica, which may shed light on past climatic conditions in the continent. The project, Aurora Basin North project, will involve researchers drilling a 2,000-year-old ice core, in order to search for the scientific 'holy grail' of the ice core."

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  1. Oil by jamesh · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope we find some oil there too. By accident of course.

  2. 2,000 years old... Holy grail... by White+Flame · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is a cover up for some sort of religious artifact expedition!

    It belongs in a museum!