The 1500m South Pole Ice Core: Recovering a 40 Ka Environmental Record

• Main Authors: Casey, Kimberly Ann, Neumann, T. A., Steig, E. J., Cavitte, M. G. P., Blankenship, D. D., Neumann, Thomas Allen, Fudge, T. J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Geophysics; Antarctic; Austral; New Ground; South Pole; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20150001453

Supported by the US National Science Foundation, a new 1500 m, approximately 40 ka old ice core will be recovered from South Pole during the 2014/15 and 2015/16 austral summer seasons using the new US Intermediate Depth Drill. The combination of low temperatures, relatively high accumulation rates a...