The Japanese polar expedition team have finished their mountain exploration on the 24th. The party of 8 scientists managed to collect a total of 635 meteorites. An unusual large iron meteorite weighing about 5 kg was found.
The Japanese polar expedition team discovered four meteorites in the Sor Rondane Mountains of Antarctica on Tuesday in a race with U.S. scientists over the number of similar finds on the continent. It is the first discovery of meteorites in the area by Japanese scientists since January 2001. Read more