According to Yonhap on January 14, the team of 37 members of the Korea Polar Research Institute for the first time discovered meteorites in the mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
>>>Imitation crystal won nobel prize and meteorite model
This is Korea's first achievement since the group unilaterally explored Antarctica without the help of another country.
Victoria Land is said to be a suitable place for searching for a meteor and when Korea's second scientific research facility called Jangbogo was established later this year, the survey and meteorite research The country will be strongly promoted.
About 80% of meteors fall to Earth collected in Antarctica because black meteorites can be easily detected on frozen and snow-covered lands.
Meteor is an important proof that helps clarify the secret of Earth formation 4.6 billion years ago.
