The Cape Roberts Project is a joint venture by scientists and the national Antarctic Programmes of Germany, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and James Cook University of Australia.
The Cape Roberts Project is a joint venture by scientists and the national Antarctic Programmes of Germany, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and James Cook University of Australia.
The aim is to recover and analyse cores from the sedimentary strata beneath the sea floor off Cape Roberts in the Ross Sea. The strata are over 1500m thick and represent parts of the time between 230 and more than 100 million years ago.
The resources in this section are taken from the LEARNZ97 Programme Drilling on Ice student/teacher handbook .
The resources include teacher notes, student activities and black line masters.
Copies of the original LEARNZ97 Modules are available from ICAIR (International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research)