University Of Minnesota Researcher Helps Collect Antarctic Ice Samples Possibly Millions Of Years Old

CBS Minnesota

February 12, 2026

A University of Minnesota researcher is back home after a months-long journey to the end of the earth, collecting ice samples that are likely millions of years old.

"Not a day goes by where I don't think about the experience," recalls Martin Froger Silva.

For months, he woke up in a tent in the vastness of an Antarctic glacier. Even during that continent's summer months, temperatures can drop as low as -45°, with winds howling more than 50 miles per hour.

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