Spring 2003

The National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) at the Denver Federal Center is a physical plant for storing, curating, and studying ice cores. The cores are collected from polar and other glaciers around the world.

The one stop gateway to ice core data is held at the Antarctic Glaciological Data Center (AGDC), the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, and the Arctic System Science Coordination Center (ARCSS).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) jointly manage and operate the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) in Denver, Colorado. This facility has proven to be vitally important for researchers from the ice core community.

The National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) provides the archival repository for ice cores collected by the U.S. scientific community. The Facility's objectives are (1) insure maximum availability of samples to qualified investigators, (2) encourage analysis over a wide range of research disciplines without unnecessary duplication, and (3) encourage prompt publication of results.

Greetings and welcome to the first In Depth newsletter published by the National Ice Core Laboratory - Science Management Office (NICL-SMO). The purpose of In Depth is to keep the ice core community informed about activities, policies, and projects that effect those involved in ice core research; those who use ice core data; and those who have interest in the science resulting from ice coring and it’s data analysis.