USATODAY.com – Japanese scientists find million-year-old ice
The ice sample was taken from a depth of 9,994 feet into the Antarctic ice sheet near the Japanese camp at Fuji Dome … The oldest sample yet recovered from Antarctica was 800,000 years old. That sample was collected by a team of scientists from the European Union.
This may be a chance to study ancient air pockets from this sample which could provide insights on the changes in the in the composition of the earth’s atmosphere which could help us in the study of our changing climate.