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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — Two scientists from the Seismic Research Centre (SRC), Thomas...

>> reporter: at summit station, weather patterns and climate changes are a focus of much of the research. an outpost funded by the national science foundation it is perched at 6,000 feet at the top of the greenland ice sheet. the only way to get there is on a u.s. military plane. a two-hour flight from the nearest airport. it land osa runway of snow using giant skis. all equipment and personnel have to be flown in at great expense. >> reporter: it doesn't get much more remote than this. with the high altitude, the science that is being done here at summit station requires enormous resources an...

Melting. >> some have said if greenland is the canary in the coal mine, the canary is dead. >> the canary is dead in that it indicates that it's time to get out of the mine. in other words, we have a problem. and now's the time to start developing that response. >> reporter: at summit station, weather patterns and climate change are the focus of much of the research. a remote american outpost funded by the national science foundation, it is perched at 10,600 feet on the very top of the greenland ice sheet. the only way to get there is on a u.s. military plane, a two-hour flight from the neares...

Two-hour flight from the nearest airport of kanger lusuak, it lands on a runway of snow using giant skis. all equipment and personnel have to be flown in at great expense. it doesn't get much more remote than this. and with the high altitude, the science that is being done here at summit station requires enormous resources and sheer physical effort. but this place is uniquely positioned to answer a crucial question. has the arctic reached a tipping point? engineer zoe korville explains that its isolation is, in fact, its greatest asset. >> it's a very pristine site. and it's free from local in...

Expense. >> it doesn't get much more remote than this. and with the high altitude, the science that is being done here at summit station requires enormous resources and sheer physical effort. but this place is uniquely positioned to answer a crucial question. has the arctic reached a tipping point? engineer zoe korville explains that its isolation is, in fact, its greatest asset. >> it's a very pristine site. and it's free from local influences of pollution. >> reporter: do you think summit is important to the study of climate change, specifically? >> we've been making measurements since 1980 ...