Spring 2010
PolarTREC Teacher Joins Hunt for Old Ice in Antarctica
When I applied to the PolarTREC program, I was asked where I would prefer to go given the options of the Arctic, Antarctica, or either.
Eric Cravens: Farewell & Thanks!
Eric Cravens' last day as Assistant National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) Curator was April 23, 2010. Eric received his BA from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1995.
WAIS Divide Ice Core Images Now Available from AGDC
The Antarctic Glaciological Data Center (AGDC) at the National Snow and Ice Data Center is pleased to announce the release of a new data set, WAIS Divide Ice Core Images, Antarctica.
WAIS Divide Ice Core Update - Spring 2010
Core recovery for the 2009/2010 drilling season ended as scheduled on January 25 at a bottom depth of 2560 meters. A total of 1049 meters of ice were drilled and the season's core quality was excellent.
Drilling for Old Ice
Jackie Hams' essay on her visit to Antarctica is part of a project that studies ancient ice buried in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica. David Marchant of Boston University and Michael Bender of Princeton University are collaborators on the project that is collecting this old ice.
NEEM Reaches Eemian and Approaches Bedrock
Exciting news from the North Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) project! According to reports from the NEEM field camp, they are now (as of July 18, 2010) at 2,491 meters depth, which means they are a mere ~70 meters from bedrock.
Message from the Director - Spring 2010
The news coming out of the North Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) project in Greenland regarding reaching the Eemian is extraordinarily exciting. The Eemian ice core record has been sought after in the Northern Hemisphere ever since the days of deep core drilling at Camp Century in the early 1960s.
