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A group of scientists from Norway and the United States are undertaking one of the longest Antarctic traverses in order to pursue climate change research. This project is a part of the Trans-Antarctic Scientific Traverse Expeditions – Ice Divide of East Antarctica (TASTE-IDEA), and the International Partners in Ice Coring Sciences (IPICS).

The Norwegian-US traverse will collect data along a 2800 km route from the coast in Dronning Maud Land to the South Pole and investigate present and past accumulation rate and climate variability, survey the inner unexplored part of the continent, and obtain a chronological linkage between the ice core drilling sites in East Antarctica. The project provides the opportunity to explore unknown parts of our planet, to help in answering crucial questions related to sea level, present-past and future climate variability, and cryosphere-atmosphere interactions.

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