A "deep" ice core from East Greenland

• Main Authors: Johnsen, Sigfus J., Clausen, Henrik B., Dansgaard, Willi, Gundestrup, Niels S., Hansson, Margareta, Jonsson, Peter, Steffensen, Jørgen P., Sveinbjørnsdottir, Arny E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland /Danish Polar Center 1992
• Subjects: Greenland; Renland; East Greenland; Ice cap; ice core; Scoresbysund
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_geosci/article/view/140329

Pilot studies on the Renland peninsula in Scoresbysund Fjord, East Greenland, indicated that the relatively small and separate Renland ice cap meets most of the criteria defining a favourable ice-core drill-site. In 1988, a Nordic expedition recovered a continuous surface-to-bedrock ice core from th...