Isotope analysis confirmed the age of the ice at more than 1.2 million years, providing the team with a snapshot of Earth's distant past. Carlo Barbante, project coordinator and glaciologist from ...

Isotope analysis gave the ice's age as at least 1.2 million years old, he said. Both Barbante and Scoto said that thanks to the analysis of the ice core of the previous Epica campaign they have ...