During the last deglaciation, the opposing patterns of atmospheric CO2 and radiocarbon activities (D14C) suggest the release of 14C-depleted CO2 from old carbon reservoirs. Although evidences point to the deep Pacific as a major reservoir of this 14C-depleted carbon, its extent and evolution still need to be constrained. In a recent paper (Ronge et al., 2016) sediment cores retrieved along a South Pacific transect were used to reconstruct the spatio-temporal evolution of D14C over the last 30,000 years. In ~2,500–3,600 m water depth, Ronge et al. (2016) find 14C-depleted deep waters with a maximum glacial offset to atmospheric 14C (DD14C = -1,000%). Using a box model, they test the hypothesis that these low values might have been caused by an interaction of aging and hydrothermal CO2 influx and observed a rejuvenation of circumpolar deep waters synchronous and potentially contributing to the initial deglacial rise in atmospheric CO2. These findings constrain parts of the glacial carbon pool to the deep South Pacific. I will here present the data of Ronge et al., (2016), but will especially focus on their model-based interpretation.