Scientists drilled a 2-mile-deep ice core in Antarctica, allowing them to peer back in time at Earth's climate over 1.2 million years ago.

Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more than 200 days, drilling into the ice and processing the ice core at a remote site in East Antarctica called Little Dome C, with a balmy average summer temperature of -31 degrees Fahrenheit (-35 degrees Celsius).

Scientists have drilled a deep hole in the Antarctic bedrock that may hold information that dates back more than a million years.

Antarctic scientists have extracted what is believed to be the world's oldest ice. The international team successfully drilled a 2.8-kilometer-long ice core, reaching the bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.

Scientists have discovered what is believed to be the world's oldest ice in Antarctica, dating back approximately 1.2 million years. Ice cores extracted and studied by a team of researchers could contain ancient air bubbles that provide crucial insights into Earth's climate history.

In a jaw-dropping feat, European scientists have pulled off something incredible: they’ve managed to extract ice that’s more than 1.2 million years old from the Antarctic ice sheet. This smashes the previous record of 800,