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Article: Scientists due to report today on `hole' in ozone layer
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 30, 1987
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The winds are beginning to pick up at the southern tip of South
America, bringing to an end one of the most unusual, and important,
scientific expeditions.
For the last seven weeks, more than 150 scientists and
technicians have been in Punta Arenas, Chile, to chart and
investigate the formation of a mysterious "hole" in the ozone layer
in the stratosphere above Antarctica.
The infamous crosswinds that have wrecked more than a few ships
in the Straits of Magellan will make it impossible for the
scientists' aircraft to continue flying. But they say the flights by
the ER-2 - a modified U-2 spy plane - and a customized DC-8 have
gathered a wealth of data.
Today, in a tandem press ...