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Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (right), led the team that discovered the plant fossiles inside the Cold War-era ice samples

CTV Winnipeg: ‘Really unique’: Ice core drilled by U of M scientist could unlock climate history

January 9, 2025 — 

A Manitoba researcher was part of a historic research team that uncovered the oldest ice core ever retrieved.

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, a researcher from the University of Manitoba, was part of a team that successfully drilled into an ice core 2,800 metres in length, and uncovered the oldest ice core ever retrieved – more than 1.2 million years old.

She said the core will give an insight into past climate patterns.

To read the full story and watch the interview, please follow the link to CTV Winnipeg

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