{"id":262896,"date":"2025-07-18T03:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-oldest-ice-core-ever-to-be-drilled-has-arrived-in-the-uk-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T03:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:04:37","slug":"the-oldest-ice-core-ever-to-be-drilled-has-arrived-in-the-uk-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-oldest-ice-core-ever-to-be-drilled-has-arrived-in-the-uk-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The oldest ice core ever to be drilled has arrived in the UK | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/SM2KXk9gaww\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The oldest ice core ever to be drilled has arrived in the UK | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SM2KXk9gaww\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The oldest ice core ever to be drilled has arrived in the UK for scientists to start analysing, as ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew reports.<\/p>\n<p>In the freezing temperatures of Antarctica, the nearly 3km thick ice contains a perfectly preserved record of our planet&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>As part of an ambitious project to unlock these secrets, European scientists have drilled down into the ice and extracted a core which is 2.8km long. <\/p>\n<p>This long core has been pulled out from the middle of the Antarctic ice sheet and scientists think the deepest part could be more than 1.5million years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oldest ice core ever to be drilled has arrived in the UK for scientists to start analysing, as ITV News Science Correspondent Martin Stew reports. 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