Denali | NSF Ice Core Facility

General Information

An 8 cm diameter, 208 m long surface-to-bedrock core dry drilled in May-June 2013 from the summit plateau (3900 m) of Mt. Hunter, located within Denali National Park in the central Alaska Range. The site is characterized by a high snow accumulation rate (1.4‐m w.e.) and cold mean annual temperature (-17 °C) (Polashenski and others, 2018). The period of record in the core is ~810-2012 CE (Winski and others, 2017).

Core(s) Available

Core Name	Core ID	Years Drilled	Lat/Long	Core Top (m)	Core Bottom (m)	Core Diameter (cm)	Site Elevation	Drilling Method	Drillers	Drilling Fluid	Original PI	PI Affiliation	De-accessed
Denali 2013 Core 1	DIC13C1	2013	62.93333, -151.08333	2.25	210.85	8.00	3900	Electromechanical	IDDO	Dry	Erich Osterberg	Dartmouth College	No

Data

Polashenski et al., 2018, Annually averaged Denali Methanesulfonic acid (MSA) concentration record from 1998-2010. Supporting Information
Polashenski et al., 2018, Monthly averaged Denali Methanesulfonic acid (MSA) concentrations from 1998-2010. Supporting Information
Polashenski et al., 2018, Monthly averaged Denali sulfate concentrations from 1998-2010. Supporting Information
Winski et al., 2018, Mt. Hunter, Alaska 1,200 Year Ice Core Accumulation Data
Winski et al., 2018, Mt. Hunter, Alaska 230 Year Ice Core Melt Layer Data (File #1)
Winski et al., 2018, Mt. Hunter, Alaska 230 Year Ice Core Melt Layer Data (File #2)
Osterberg et al., 2017, Denali (both cores) and Mount Logan sodium (Na) data. Supporting Information
Winski et al., 2017, Mt. Hunter, Alaska 1,200 Year Ice Core Accumulation Data

Publications

Fang L, Jenk TM, Winski D, Kreutz K, Brooks HL, Erwin E, Osterberg E, Campbell S, Wake C, and Schwikowski M (2023) Early Holocene ice on the Begguya plateau (Mt. Hunter, Alaska) revealed by ice core 14C age constraints. The Cryosphere, 17, 4007–4020. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4007-2023
Osterberg EC, Winski DA, Kreutz KJ, Wake CP, Ferris DG, Campbell S, Introne D, Handley M and Birkel S (2017) The 1200 year composite ice core record of Aleutian Low intensification, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 7447–7454, doi:10.1002/2017GL073697
Polashenski DJ, Osterberg EC, Koffman BG, Winski D, Stamieszkin K, Kreutz KJ, Wake CP, Ferris DG, Introne D, Campbell S, Lewis GM (2018) Denali ice core methanesulfonic acid records North Pacific marine primary production, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JD028123
Winski D, Osterberg E, Kreutz K, Wake C, Ferris D, Campbell S, Baum M, Bailey A, Birkel S, Introne D, Handley M (2018) A 400‐year ice core melt layer record of summertime warming in the Alaska Range, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123, 3594–3611. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027539
Winski D, Osterberg E, Ferris D, Kreutz K, Wake C, Campbell S, Hawley R, Roy S, Birkel S, Introne D, Handley M (2017) Industrial-age doubling of snow accumulation in the Alaska Range linked to tropical ocean warming, Scientific Reports, 7:17869, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18022-5