Article posted: 12/11/2012 4:59 PM

Antarctica team set to drill two miles under ice

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Northern Illinois University geology professor Reed Scherer, right and phD cadidate Matt Olmey examine an image of a single-celled organism gathered in an Antactic core sample. They will spend two months in Antarctica drilling core samples they will use to determine the earth's climate millions of years ago.

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