Ice Probe Provides Antarctic History.(Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology)(Brief Article)

Publication: USA Today (Magazine)

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Scientists have had their first inside look at ice layers, frozen debris, and, a surprising channel of water deep beneath an Antarctic ice stream, thanks to an ice probe designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif. Plunged more than 3,900 feet down four boreholes drilled in the West Antarctic ice sheet, it paves the way for the development of technology capable of withstanding...

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