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18kg meteorite untouched by human hand discovered
Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:02
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It is one of the world’s most virginal, untouched landscapes.
Yet while surveying the bleak whiteness of eastern Antarctica, researchers on an expedition to hunt for small fragments of meteorites were stunned to spot a dark blot on the landscape.
On further inspection, they realised they had found a giant 18kg (40-pound) meteorite poking out from the ice sheet - the largest found in the area in 25 years.
Belgo-Japanese SAMBA meteorite team members examining the 18kg meteorite found during a field trip on the Nansen Ice Field, 140km south of Princess Elisabeth Antarctica. It is the largest found in the area for 25 years
The 18kg meteorite found is the
