Fall 2023 3 PHOTO ESSAY Brook, a paleoclimatologist in OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospher- ic Sciences. Drilling focused on the Allan Hills in East Antarctica, a little- studied area where old ice is pushed close to the surface as the East Antarctic ice sheet flows up against the Trans- antarctic Mountains. Another team flew airborne ice-penetrating radar systems near the South Pole, seeking locations for future drilling. Scientists drilled meters down to collect the ice cores. The cores were then transported by air, sea and land to the National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility in Denver for storage. From there, sections will go out for analysis. COLDEX is an NSF-funded Science and Technology Center formed in 2021 and funded through a five-year $25 million grant. Learn more at coldex.org. PHOTOS BY PETER NEFF AND JULIA MARKS PETERSON
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