European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica

End of the EDML ice core from a depth 2775 m; consists of meltwater which has formed at the basis of the ice sheet; the core was drilled 2002-2004 through the Antarctic ice sheet in the area of Dronning Maud Land by the project EPICA The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) is a multinational European project for deep ice core drilling in Antarctica. Its main objective is to obtain full documentation of the climatic and atmospheric record archived in Antarctic ice by drilling and analyzing two ice cores and comparing these with their Greenland counterparts (GRIP and GISP). Evaluation of these records will provide information about the natural climate variability and mechanisms of rapid climatic changes during the last glacial epoch.

Deep drilling took place at two sites in Antarctica: Concordia Station on dome C and Kohnen Station.

The European Science Foundation EPICA Programme (1996–2005) provides co-ordination for EPICA drilling activities on dome C and Kohnen Station, which are supported by the European Commission and by national contributions from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

In 2008 the project received the Descartes Prize for research. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Epica española medieval
    by EPICA
    Published 1981
    Other Authors: “…EPICA…”
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    Epica medieval
    by EPICA
    Published 1983
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    Epica armonía que en bilingüe consonancia; es a saber, castellana y catalana celebra a la Inmaculada...María Santísima...fundadora de la Sagrada Familia...mercenaria y patrona de Barcelona
    by EPICA
    Published 1754
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    Epica armonía que en bilingüe consonancia; es a saber, castellana y catalana celebra a la Inmaculada...María Santísima...fundadora de la Sagrada Familia...mercenaria y patrona de Barcelona
    by EPICA
    Published 1754
    Other Authors: “…EPICA…”
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    Epica medieval española
    by EPICA
    Published 1991
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    Fragmentos de poesía latina épica y lírica : : T.II
    Other Authors: “…FRAGMENTOS DE POESIA LATINA EPICA Y LIRICA…”
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    Fragmentos de poesía latina épica y lírica : : T.II
    Other Authors: “…FRAGMENTOS DE POESIA LATINA EPICA Y LIRICA…”
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    L'Epopea medievale in Catalogna
    by Riquer, Martí de, 1914-2013
    Published 1970
    “…Convegno internazionale sul tema La Poesia epica e la sua formazione…”
    Book

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