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Science 18 October 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5593, pp. 518 - 522
DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5593.518
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GLACIOLOGY:
Ice Man: Lonnie Thompson Scales the Peaks for Science

Kevin Krajick

QUELCCAYA ICE CAP, PERU--Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson cores ice from the world's loftiest glaciers, seeking to retrieve precious records of ancient climate before they melt away. Last year Thompson--whom colleagues have called "the closest living thing to Indiana Jones"--made headlines by observing that the famous snows of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro might be gone by 2015. Now he is on a mission, racing through expeditions to Asia, South America, and Alaska to retrieve endangered samples.

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