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Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University
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| Paleo Slide Set: Low Latitude Ice Cores: High Resolution Records of Climatic Change and Variability in the Tropics and Subtropics |
| Camp on Quelccaya | |
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After trekking their equipment to the summit of the ice sheet, researchers set up camp at the drill site. Quelccaya was the first core to be extracted using a solar powered drill. An array of
forty-eight solar panels provided enough electricity to recover two ice cores to bedrock, one 154.8 m long covering the last 1350 years, and the other 163.6 m long and 1500 years old. Using energy from the sun, scientists were able to recover
high-resolution cores without polluting the pristine ice cap environment.
Photo Credits: Lonnie Thompson Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University |
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