Cape Town, Nov 1, 2025 (AFP) - Explorers seek ancient Antarctica ice in climate change study

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An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better understand the impact on world sea levels of any melting of the "white planet" if global temperatures rise, Matthieu Tordeur and Heidi Sevestre told AFP in Cape Town before flying to Antarctica's Novolazarevskaya base. "This is very much a pioneering expe......

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