Working in University Valley, Antarctica (IMAGE)

McGill University

Working in University Valley, Antarctica

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The average daily air temperature in the Antarctic summer of 2013, when Goordial collected the permafrost samples which she tested both on the spot and later in the lab, was -14 °C and it never rose above 0 °C, making the permafrost difficult to drill.

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Jackie Goordial

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