K001 - Past Antarctic Climate Programme (PAC)

ANDRILL was set up to drill two > 900 meter holes into lowest Miocene to Paleogene sediments beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, on the Coulman High (CH) in the Ross Embayment, Antarctica. Recovery of the targeted strata will provide a new, high-quality stratigraphic record from a period when atmospheric CO₂ levels were comparable to those projected to the next century.