The most ancient ice in the Alps will be preserved in Antarctica

(Universit à Ca' Foscari Venezia) The Ice Memory international mission on Monte Rosa has been accomplished. After working for five days at 4,500 meters in the accumulation zone of the Grenzgletscher, the glacier saddle of Colle Gnifetti, scientists extracted three shallow ice cores (15-22 meters) and two deep ice cores reaching down to bedrock at 82 meters depth.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news