LIFE ON EREBUS

02.11.2011

A quest to uncover vestiges of ancient life will lead a team of scientists to the summit of Mt Erebus in Antarctica.  Professor Craig Cary and his team expect to find evidence of ancient life forms that have survived in some of the harshest conditions on Earth, with temperatures in the volcanic soil on the slopes of Mt Erebus reaching more than 65 degrees Celsius. Surrounded by 1500 kilometres of ice, and 4000 metres above sea-level, the earth has barely been disturbed. The full story can be found here: