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Published online 7 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061106-5
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Drillers get into Antarctic seabed
Project aims for 7 million years of climate records.
Perched atop a thick ice shelf, scientists in Antarctica have begun drilling down into the frozen continent's deep history.
Engineers have drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf, through hundreds of metres of water underneath, and — this past weekend — poured concrete on the seafloor to anchor their next step.
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