Paleo Slide Set: Low Latitude Ice Cores: High Resolution Records of Climatic Change and Variability 
in the Tropics and Subtropics

Trek to Quelccaya
The trek to Quelccaya is long and tedious. Seventeen porters and forty mules and horses were used to haul equipment and supplies up to the ice cap. 

Photo Credits:
Lonnie Thompson 
Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University