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Long Range Science Plan
Integrated planning for U.S. ice coring and drilling
Ice Drilling and Borehole Logging Equipment
Explore the equipment available to the U.S. science community
Requesting Field Support
Learn how to request field support from IDP
Ice Bits Newsletter
The quarterly newsletter of IDP activities
icedrill-education.org
Home of IDP's education & outreach program
Current Fieldwork
2019-2020 Antarctic
- Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System
- Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey and Network (TARSAN)
- Early and Mid Pleistocene Climate Archives from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area
- The Ecosystem Ecology of Lake Ice Loss in North-Temperate Lakes
- RAID Antarctic Field Trial (AFT) 3
- Radio and Optical Measurements of Glacial Ice Properties Using the SPICEcore Borehole
Upcoming Fieldwork
2020 Arctic
- Greenland: Quantifying Heat/Mass Structure and Fluxes through the Full Thickness of Greenland's Percolation Zone
- North America: Sediment Transport Mechanisms and Geomorphic Processes Associated with Shore Ice along Cold Climate Coastlines
- Peru: Investigation of High Andean Snow and Ice Chemistry to Improve Paleoclimatic Reconstruction and Enhance Climate Prediction
- Greenland: Climate Drivers and Ancient History in Greenland Ice
- North America: The Ecosystem Ecology of Lake Ice Loss in North-Temperate Lakes
Program Information
The U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) is a NSF-funded facility. IDP conducts integrated planning for the ice drilling science and technology communities, and provides drilling technology and operational support that enables the community to advance the frontiers of climate and environmental science.
Requesting Field Support
If you are preparing a NSF proposal that includes any kind of support from IDP, you must include a Letter of Support from IDP in the proposal. Researchers are asked to provide IDP with a detailed support request three weeks prior to the date the Letter of Support is required. Early submissions are strongly encouraged.