Christmas in Antarctica

Source: Morning Report RNZ

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It's nearly Christmas, even in Antarctica! Jenn Danis is "camp mum" to researchers and engineers currently working at Kamb Ice Stream, more than a thousand kilometres from Scott Base.

They're there to drill for sediment cores beneath the Ross Ice Shelf to help determine how sensitive it has been to past warming.

Davis spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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