Sastrugi: Allan Hills, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
John Higgins
Sarah Shackleton
Austin Carter
Jenna Epifanio
Jacob Morgan
Anna Zajicek
Elizabeth Morton
Tanner Kuhl
Waypoint Flags, Allan Hills Blue Ice Area, Antarctica
Allan Hills, Transantarctric Mountains, Antarctica
Higgins Drill Tent, Allan Hills, TransAntarctic Mountains, Antarctica
I-165 Deep Field Basecamp, Allan Hills, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
John Higgins commuting to work.
The team's ice coring tent
Scientists Austin Carter (left) and Sarah Shackleton (right)
 9.5 in. diameter x 1 meter cores. Ablation keeps this area of the world from collecting new snow or ice. Ice at surface level is ~100,000 years old. The team already holds the record for the oldest ice yet found by humans (2.2M-2.7M). The 2019 seaso
Teams I-165's (Higgins et al) and W-221's (Anderson & van Coller) sponsor
NSF and USAP supported this work
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