2022.08.04 14:12 GMT+8

With hardships, what motivates a scientist to spend their life extracting ice cores?

Updated 2022.08.04 14:12 GMT+8
CGTN

Helicopters unable to land due to thin air… Heavy equipment that has to be transported manually… Tents blown over at night by strong winds... These and other hardships – unimaginable to most people – are everyday encounters for an ice-core drilling team operating on the highest mountain on earth. So, what motivates scientists to dedicate their entire lives extracting ice cores? Researcher Xu Baiqing explains.

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