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Date Taken:

December 10, 2002

Photograph By:

Dan Dixon, NSF

License Type:

Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Part of a typical workday during the U.S. ITASE science traverse. Mark Wumkes operates an ice-core drill while Paul Mayewski helps out in the drill pit. Susan Kaspari measures and logs an ice core while Lynn Peters and Carl Hess recover a fuel bundle in the background. The International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE), under the leadership of Mayewski,is collecting ice cores, air samples and other data across Antarctica to reconstruct past 200 years of climate. Visit the ITASE website for more information.

Associated Keywords

Antarctica, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0., Climate Change, Creative Commons, Drilling, Drills, Field Camp, Field Work, Ice, Ice Core, ITASE, NSF, Research, Science, Scientist, Snow

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