On Wednesday, December 7, a press conference was held at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute on the key tasks of the 68th RAE. Early next week, eight scientists from the Mining University, as well as four representatives from the AARI, will depart for Cape Town as part of the seasonal glacial-drilling team, and then travel to Vostok station in Antarctica. The participants in the expedition have an ambitious task - to bring to the surface of ice dating back about 1 million years.