The NSF- Ice Core Facility has started offering public tours on a limited basis as the spread of COVID-19 has lessened. Tour sizes are being held to 20 people or less once a week. If the CDC tracked transmission levels of COVID-19 in Jefferson County rise into orange, tours will be suspended until levels drop back to yellow or green. For more information about scheduling a tour, visit our Tours and Media page.
Dr. Lindsay Powers is the new Technical Director of the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL). Lindsay has a diverse and complimentary background in research, science support, and business management.
By Karl Kreutz and Seth Campbell, University of Maine
Home to Mt. Logan, the tallest peak in Canada (5959 meters), the St. Elias Mountains straddle the U.S. (Alaska)/Canada (Yukon Territories) border on the west coast of North America.
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – Inside a huge walk-in freezer in suburban Denver, a college student in a thick parka shoots a jolt of electricity through a yard-long column of ice extracted from Antarctica.
Gordon Hamilton, a University of Maine professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, and a researcher with the Climate Change Institute, died in a field accident Oct. 22 while conducting research in Antarctica.