In October a 12-man team of British scientists, engineers and support staff, led by Professor Martin Siegert of the University of Bristol, will make the 16,000 km journey from the UK to go deep into the heart of Antarctica to collect samples of water and sediments from an ancient lake buried beneath three kilometres of ice. Their quest is to reveal vital secrets about the Earth’s past climate and discover life forms that may live in subglacial Lake Ellsworth on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

The preparations for the expedition were covered by Reuters, The Independent, The Irish Times, NBC News, The Daily Mail, LiveScience, Financial Times, The Scotsman, and other local, national and international media.        

Full press release: British team set to embark on ambitious Antarctic mission

 

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