Explorers seek ancient Antarctica ice to investigate climate

Ahead of their expedition to Antarctica, two French explorers in Cape Town prepare for their mission before trying to find out how the icy continent is responding to rising temperatures.

The mission will last ninety days and will see the two explorers’snow kite across Antarctica. Rate of melting in Antarctica raises concern among hundreds of millions of people nowadays. The goal of the French duo is to better understand the impact on world sea levels of any melting of the white planet if global temperatures rise.