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Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
ANDRILL: How and Why They Drill (Webcast)
Date: November 30, 2007
Running Time: 00:23:36

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This program is available for download in the Ice Stories Polar Media Collection.


The ANDRILL Project is a feat of engineering. How do scientists drill and retrieve sediment cores from under the ice and sea, and why do they do it? We’ll talk with scientists and engineers at a sea-ice drill site and learn more about the ANDRILL Project.
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