Long Range Science and Drilling Technology Plans

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News

12 September 2018

Summer 2018 Ice Bits Newsletter Now Available

The SUMMER 2018 quarterly update of IDPO and IDDO activities is now available.

10 July 2018

2018 Long Range Science Plan and Long Range Drilling Technology Plan Now Available

The purpose of the plans is to articulate goals and make recommendations for the direction for U.S. ice coring and drilling science, and for the development of drilling technology, infrastructure and logistical support needed to enable the science.

13 June 2018

Spring 2018 Ice Bits Newsletter Now Available

The SPRING 2018 quarterly update of IDPO and IDDO activities is now available.

Requesting Field Support

If you are preparing a proposal that includes any kind of support from IDPO-IDDO, you must include a Letter of Support/Scope of Work (LoS/SoW) document from IDPO-IDDO in the proposal. Researchers are asked to provide IDPO-IDDO with a detailed support request three weeks prior to the date the LoS/SoW document is required. Early submissions are strongly encouraged.
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Equipment - Newly Available

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Agile Sub-Ice Geological (ASIG) Drill

The ASIG Drill is capable of drilling through 700 meters of ice, taking pieces of ice core along the way, and then recovering 5-6 meters of bedrock core. Read more...

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Sediment Laden Lake Ice Drill

A lightweight hot water drill useful for creating holes with very little initial water, and for freeing instrument cables and accessing equipment beneath ice. Read more...

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Stampfli 2-Inch Drill

A very lightweight, PI-operable system capable of collecting 2"-diameter firn core down to 100-meters depth. Read more...

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Winkie Drill

An agile rock coring unit adapted by IDDO for subglacial rock coring. Using standard AW34 drill rod, the system has a depth capability of 120 meters. Read more...

Equipment - Active Development

Foro Drill

Lighter, more robust version of 4-Inch Drill, capable of recovering 98 mm diameter ice cores down to ~400 m depth. Read more...

RAM Drill (Upgrade)

Updated version of existing RAM Drill capable of drilling as fast as the existing drill, but at a small fraction of the current system weight. Read more...

Foro 3000 Drill

Adapation of existing Intermediate Depth Drill system to drill to 3,000 meters. Read more...

Rapid Access Ice Drill (RAID)

Rapidly core through ice sheet and into bedrock below. Read more...

Current & Upcoming Fieldwork

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Program Information

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program 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.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. PLR-1327315 to Dartmouth, and sub awards to University of New Hampshire, University of Wisconsin and Colorado School of Mines which support the work of the Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.