European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica
Research project
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| April 25 2025 | Completion of transportation of ice core samples from Trieste to Bremerhaven by truck. |
| April 23 2025 | Start of transportation of ice core samples from Trieste to Bremerhaven by truck. |
| April 16 2025 | Expected arrival date of the Antarctic ice core samples in Europe. |
| March 2025 | Ice core samples, representing the oldest ice ever extracted from Antarctica, were loaded aboard RV Laura Bassi and stored at -50°C for transport out of the continent. |
| January 2025 | Project announced successful drilling to 2800m depth, with the uppermost 2480m representing a potentially unbroken ice core record spanning 1.2 million years. |
| 2022 | The drill site 'Little Dome C' was selected for the Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice project to obtain ice cores potentially up to 1.5 million years old. |
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