The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica is a multinational European project for deep ice core drilling in Antarctica. Its main objective is to obtain full documentation of the climatic and a
End of the EDML ice core from a depth 2775 m; consists of meltwater which has formed at the basis of the ice sheet; the core was drilled 2002-2004 through the Antarctic ice sheet in the area of Dronning Maud Land by the project EPICA
Concordia Station
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Concordia Research Station, which opened in 2005, is a French–Italian research facility managed by l'Institut polaire français Paul-Émile Victor and Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide, that
European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica
…natural climate variability and mechanisms of rapid climatic changes during the last glacial epoch. Deep drilling took place at two sites in Antarctica: Concordia Station on dome C and Kohnen Station. The European Science Foundation EPICA Programme (1996–2005) provides co-ordination for EPICA drilling activities on dome…
Concordia Research Station at dome Circe, Charlie or Concordia.
The main part of the summer camp at Dome C (Concordia) Station in January 2005
Part of a traverse, which was bringing fuel, food, and other supplies from Dumont d'Urville Station to Dome C (January 2005)
Frozen face of wintering personnel (Christophe Mozer) during first Dome C winterover (2005)