BBC NEWS ONLINE: Tech trials to find Antarctica's 'missing' iron meteorites

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    The project to find Antarctica's "missing meteorites" is making excellent progress, say scientists.

    A group led from Manchester University is developing detection equipment it believes will discover a bounty of iron space objects buried in the polar ice.

    This survey gear has just come through a week of successful trials.

    Period28 Mar 2018

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    • TitleTech trials to find Antarctica's 'missing' iron meteorites
      Media name/outletBBC News Online
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date28/03/18
      DescriptionThe project to find Antarctica's "missing meteorites" is making excellent progress, say scientists.

      A group led from Manchester University is developing detection equipment it believes will discover a bounty of iron space objects buried in the polar ice.

      This survey gear has just come through a week of successful trials.
      URLwww.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43567617
      PersonsGeoffrey Evatt, Katherine Joy
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    Keywords

    • meteorites
    • Antarctica
    • astronomy
    • geology