[alaskanfan]

"The Antarctic ice sheet is like a history book of the Earth's climate," said BAS' Eric Wolff, currently EPICA's chief scientist.

And any information gleaned from this core drilling is subject to interpretation and any biases of the interpretor.

[monkeyshine]

The Antarctic ice sheet is like a history book of the Earth's climate

And amazingly, through this drilling the scientists discovered that the earth's climate is too cold to sustain human life!