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Published online 13 February 2008 | Nature 451, 752 (2008) | doi:10.1038/451752a
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Chinese astronomers look to Antarctic
Frozen heights of Dome A to play host to observatory.
A Chinese expedition returned last week from a 14-day crawl across the East Antarctic ice sheet in cargo containers, pulled by tractors, that doubled as living quarters. The trip, sponsored by the Polar Research Institute of China, completes only the second traverse to Dome A — the highest point on the eastern ice cap and the place where China intends to start building a research base next year.
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