Ua hōʻike ka lawelawe paʻi o ka Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā mea kanu ma ke kahua ʻo Vostok ma Antarctica a ua ulu ʻia nā kukama no ka manawa mua. Ma mua, ua loaʻa i nā polar explorers mai Rūsia i nā kūlana o ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka ea ma ka honua i kā lākou ʻohi mua ʻana i nā melon. I loko o ʻelua mau hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ke kahua Antarctic, hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻenehana kumu ʻole "panoponics". Hiki i ka 100 kilokani kukama, 29 kilokika o ka mamato, 11 kilokani o na pepa momona a me 149 kilokani o ke kopa hiki ke ulu i kela makahiki i keia makahiki ma hookahi mika mika o ka wahi.