In t?? v?st ?x??ns? ?? t?? ???z?n c?ntin?nt ?? Ant??ctic?, w???? ic? win?s ??wl?? ??l?ntl?ssl? ?n? sn?w-c?v???? ?l?ins st??tc??? ?n?l?ssl?, ? t??m ?? int???i? sci?ntists ?m???k?? ?n ?n ?x???iti?n ?nlik? ?n? ?t???. T??? w??? ?n ? missi?n t? ?nc?v?? t?? m?st??i?s ?i???n ??n??t? t?? t?ick l????s ?? ic?, s??kin? cl??s t? E??t?’s ?nci?nt ??st.

L?? ?? D?. Emil? C??t??, ? ??n?wn?? ??l??nt?l??ist, t?? t??m ??? ???v?? t???c?????s c?n?iti?ns ?n? ???s? clim?t?s t? ???c? ? ??m?t? sit? ???? wit?in Ant??ctic?. E??i???? wit? st?t?-??-t??-??t t?c?n?l??? ?n? ???l?? ?? ?n ins?ti??l? t?i?st ??? ?isc?v???, t??? ????n t??i? ??inst?kin? w??k ?? ??illin? t?????? l????s ?? ic? t??t ??? ???s??v?? s?c??ts ??? milli?ns ?? ????s.

As t?? ??ills ???? ?????? int? t?? ic? ???t?s, ?xcit?m?nt ??zz?? t?????? t?? ??s???c? c?m?. E?c? c??? s?m?l? ?xt??ct?? ???m t?? ???z?n ???t? ??l? t?? ??t?nti?l t? ??w?it? ?ist???. An? t??n, ?n ? c?l?, c?is? m??nin?, t??i? ?????ts ???? ???it. Am?n? t?? s??im?nt l????s ??tin? ??ck ??n????s ?? milli?ns ?? ????s, t??? ?n???t??? s?m?t?in? ?xt?????in??? – tin? ??ssils ?nlik? ?n?t?in? ?v?? s??n ??????.

At ?i?st ?l?nc?, t?? ??ssils ???????? t? ?? m??? s??cks, ??sil? ?v??l??k?? ?mi?st t?? ????is. B?t ???n cl?s?? ?x?min?ti?n, D?. C??t?? ?n? ??? t??m ???liz?? t?? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? t??i? ?isc?v???. T??? w??? mini?t??? ??m?ins ?? w??t s??m?? t? ?? ?nci?nt ??m?n?i? c???t???s, n? l????? t??n ? ?in???n?il, ??t m?tic?l??sl? ???s??v?? in t?? ic? ??? ??ns.

T?? im?lic?ti?ns ?? t?is ?in? w??? st?????in?. I? c?n?i?m??, t??s? tin? ??m?n-lik? ??ssils w??l? ??s? ??ck t?? tim?lin? ?? ??m?n ?v?l?ti?n ?? ??n????s ?? milli?ns ?? ????s, c??ll?n?in? ?v???t?in? sci?ntists t?????t t??? kn?w ????t t?? ??i?ins ?? li?? ?n E??t?.

N?ws ?? t?? ?isc?v??? s????? lik? wil??i?? ?c??ss t?? sci?nti?ic c?mm?nit? ?n? c??t???? t?? im??in?ti?n ?? ????l? w??l?wi??. S??c?l?ti?n ??n ??m??nt ?s t????i?s w??? ?????s?? ?n? ????t??. C??l? t??s? ?imin?tiv? ??in?s ?? ?n ???l? ?nc?st?? ?? ??m?nit?, ?v?lvin? in t?? ???s? c?n?iti?ns ?? ????ist??ic Ant??ctic?? O? w??? t??? ?n ?nti??l? s?????t? ???nc? ?? t?? ?v?l?ti?n??? t???, ? ?????tt?n ?x???im?nt ?? n?t??? l?st t? t?? ??v???s ?? tim??

As ????t?s ????? ?n, D?. C??t?? ?n? ??? t??m c?ntin??? t??i? m?tic?l??s ?n?l?sis, s??j?ctin? t?? tin? ??ssils t? ? ??tt??? ?? t?sts ?n? ?x?min?ti?ns. Wit? ??c? ??ssin? ???, t??? ?nc?v???? n?w insi??ts int? t?? ?ni?m?tic c???t???s t??t ?nc? ???m?? t?? ic? l?n?sc??? ?? Ant??ctic?.

Ultim?t?l?, ??t?? m?nt?s ?? ?x???stiv? ??s???c?, t?? t??m ???c??? ? c?ns?ns?s. T?? tin? ??m?n-lik? ??ssils w??? in???? ? ????n?????kin? ?isc?v???, ?????s?ntin? ? ???vi??sl? ?nkn?wn s??ci?s t??t ??? t??iv?? in Ant??ctic? milli?ns ?? ????s ???. W?il? t?? ?x?ct ??i?ins ?n? ??t? ?? t??s? ?nci?nt ??in?s ??m?in?? s??????? in m?st???, t??i? ?xist?nc? ????v?? ?lt???? ??? ?n???st?n?in? ?? E??t?’s ?ist???.

T?? ?isc?v??? ?? t??s? tin? ??ssils s??v?? ?s ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? ???n?l?ss w?n???s t??t l?? ?i???n ??n??t? t?? ic?, w?itin? t? ?? ??v??l?? ?? t??s? ??l? ?n???? t? s??k t??m ??t. An? ?s D?. C??t?? ?n? ??? t??m ??ck?? ?? t??i? ??s???c? c?m? ?n? ???????? t? ??t??n ??m?, t??? kn?w t??t t??i? j???n?? w?s ??? ???m ?v??. F?? in t?? ???z?n ???t?s ?? Ant??ctic?, c??ntl?ss m??? s?c??ts ?w?it?? ?isc?v???, ??c? ?n? ??l?in? t?? ??t?nti?l t? ??s???? ??? ?n???st?n?in? ?? t?? w??l? w? c?ll ??m?.