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Hey everybody, Emily Quang here with NPR Science Correspondent, Nell Greenfield Boys. Hey Nell.

Hello Emily. So 2020 is in our rear view mirror. We are embracing a new year, but at least in this hemisphere, it is still winter.

We're getting more daylight though. I mean the days are getting longer.

Yes, true, but it's still cold, which frequently means we're dealing with ice.

And I spent years in Alaska, ice is an old friend, and foe of mine.

And this time of year, I'm just saying it brings a lot of ice.

It depends on where you are, but yeah, yeah. I mean, I love ice. I love it. I think it's beautiful and you know,

obviously it's a nightmare, but I do like it.

Yeah, many people are happy to see it disappear when spring comes.

And that is kind of how ice is for most of us. It calms, it goes.

But I know you recently were looking into ice that doesn't go away.

Ice that sticks around for a long, long time.

Indeed, I wanted to know what the oldest ice on earth is.

The oldest ice on earth. Is there any chance it's in Alaska?

Well, it's most likely down in Antarctica. I'm sorry to tell you.

That's all right. Most likely, so scientists don't know.

Well, Antarctica is the most likely spot because it's been covered by an ice

sheet for at least 30 million years.

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