CTV News: Deepest ice core ever found in Canada collected by researchers

Researchers at the University of Manitoba have successfully drilled and retrieved a 613-metre-deep ice core at Axel Heibergs Island in Nunavut.

This is the deepest one ever pulled in Canada. Ice cores are samples that can provide information about the past.

“By analyzing this ice core, we should get a 10,000-year record of climatic conditions over the Canadian Arctic,” says researcher David Babb. “This is the first time we’ve been able to do something like this.”

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The Globe and Mail also wrote this in-depth piece and you can follow the link to read it: In Canada’s high arctic, scientists on mission to drill deep into climate history