With access to the polar ice sheets beginning to open following the pandemic years, the Science Advisory Board of the NSF Ice Drilling Program (IDP) has recommended that the Subglacial Access Working Group (SAWG) and Borehole Logging Working Group (BLWG) cease as separate groups. Instead, a single new working group, the IDP Englacial and Subglacial Access Working Group (ESAWG), is being formed. This will provide an opportunity to develop and articulate new visions for U.S.-led englacial and subglacial science for the coming decade in the IDP Long Range Science Plan.
IDP Englacial and Subglacial Access Working Group (ESAWG)
ESAWG Chair
Ryan Venturelli
Colorado School of Mines
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Golden, CO USA
Members
Brent Christner
University of Florida
Microbiology & Cell Science Department
Gainesville, FL USA
Jeff Severinghaus
University of California, San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA USA
Heidi Smith
Montanta State University
Department of Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Bozeman, MT USA
Joseph Talghader
University of Minnesota
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Minneapolis, MN USA
Ryan Venturelli
Colorado School of Mines
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Golden, CO USA
ESAWG Documents
| Citation | Year |
|---|---|
| Englacial and Subglacial Access Working Group (2025) Presentations: 2025 Englacial and Subglacial Access Working Group Meeting (April 9, 2025). | 2025 |
| Englacial and Subglacial Access Working Group (2024) Terms of Reference: IDP Englacial and Subglacial Access Working Group. | 2024 |
| Science Advisory Board (2023) Presentations: 2023 Science Advisory Board Meeting (May 1, 2023). Ice Drilling Program Science Advisory Board Meeting, May 1, 2023, | 2023 |
| Grant Boeckmann, Tanner W Kuhl, Elliot Moravec (2022) Basal Access and Sampling Feasibility Study. White Paper, 1-26. | 2022 |
| Science Advisory Board (2022) Presentations: 2022 Science Advisory Board Meeting (March 3-4, 2022). Ice Drilling Program Science Advisory Board Meeting, March 3-4, 2022, Virtual Meeting, | 2022 |
| Allie Balter, Lucas H Beem, John W Goodge, Sean Gulick, Chloe Gustafson, David Harwood, Jennifer Lamp, Amy Leventer, Amelia Schevenell, Matthew R Siegfried, Perry Spector, John Stone, Slawek Tulaczyk, Sophie Warny, Paul Winberry, Dale Winebrenner, Duncan Young (2019) Assessment of East Antarctic Ice Sheet sensitivity to warming and its potential for contributions to sea level rise. Ice Drilling Program Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, March 29-30, 2019, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-18. | 2019 |
| Kristin Poinar, Jennifer Lamp, Allie Balter, Perry Spector, Dale Winebrenner, Slawek Tulaczyk (2019) Subglacial Access Working Group (SAWG): Access Drilling Priorities in Greenland. Ice Drilling Program Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, March 29-30, 2019, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-7. | 2019 |
| Perry Spector, John Stone, Nathaniel Lifton, Robert Ackert, Brent Goehring, Greg Balco, Bill McIntosh, Seth Campbell, Matt Zimmerer, Trista J Vick-Majors, Dale Winebrenner (2019) Drilling priorities to determine the past extent of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Ice Drilling Program Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, March 29-30, 2019, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-10. | 2019 |
| Trista J Vick-Majors, Molly O Patterson, Britney Schmidt, Keith Makinson, Tilak Hewagama, Jill Mikucki, David Harwood, Dale Winebrenner, Matthew R Siegfried, Alexander B Michaud, Slawek Tulaczyk (2019) Subglacial Access Working Group: Access Drilling Priorities in the Ross Ice Shelf Region. Ice Drilling Program Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, March 29-30, 2019, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-8. | 2019 |
| Subglacial Access Working Group (2018) Subglacial Access Working Group Terms of Reference. | 2018 |
| IDDO (2017) Logging Tool Testing: An Informational Guide - Logging Tool Equipment Testing at IDDO. 1-13. | 2017 |
| Robert Ackert, John W Goodge, Nathaniel Lifton, Ross D Powell, Perry Spector, John Stone, Duncan Young (2016) Subglacial Access Working Group - Access Drilling Priorities in the Antarctic Continental Interior. Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, May 22-23, 2016, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-6. | 2016 |
| Mary R Albert, Jill Mikucki, John W Goodge, Ross D Powell (2016) Subglacial Access Working Group 2016 Science Planning Workhop - Final Agenda and Participant List. Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, May 22-23, 2016, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-4. | 2016 |
| Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Knut Christianson, Kenneth D Mankoff, Jill Mikucki, Britney Schmidt, Matthew R Siegfried, Slawek Tulaczyk, Patricia Yaeger, Julia Wellner (2016) Subglacial Access Working Group - Access Drilling Priorities in Ice Shelves and Ice Streams - Thwaites Glacier Region. Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, May 22-23, 2016, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-3. | 2016 |
| Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Knut Christianson, Meg Daly, Mike Dinniman, Patrik R Kaufmann, John Klink, Alison Murray, Molly O Patterson, Ross D Powell, Frank R Rack, Britney Schmidt, Jenny Suckale, Slawek Tulaczyk, Jake Walter, Julia Wellner (2016) Subglacial Access Working Group - Access Drilling Priorities in the Ross Sea Sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, May 22-23, 2016, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-6. | 2016 |
| Matthew Charrette, Brent C Christner, Berry Lyons, Kenneth D Mankoff, Jill Mikucki, Ross D Powell, William C Stone, Mark L Skidmore, Slawek Tulaczyk, Dale Winebrenner (2016) Subglacial Access Working Group - Access Drilling Priorities in Subglacial Aquatic Environments. Subglacial Access Working Group Science Planning Workshop, May 22-23, 2016, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-5. | 2016 |
| John C Priscu, Amanda M Achberger, Joel E Cahoon, Brent C Christner, Robert L Edwards, Warren L Jones, Alexander B Michaud, Matthew R Siegfried, Mark L Skidmore, Robert H Spigel, Gregg W Switzer, Slawek Tulaczyk, Trista J Vick-Majors (2013) A microbiologically clean strategy for access to the Whillans Ice Stream subglacial environment. Antarctic Science, 25, (2), 637-647. doi: 10.1017/S0954102013000035. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102013000035 | 2013 |
| Erin Pettit, Ryan Bay, Gary D Clow, IDPO (2012) Science Requirements for a Deep Logging Winch. 1-4. | 2012 |
| WISSARD GBASE (C-523) (2012) WISSARD Biological Clean Access Testing: Phase II, WIS-Spot test site, Ross Ice Shelf, 17-18 December 2012. Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling, 1-5. | 2012 |
| Vladimir Aizen, Christine Foreman, Andrei Kurbatov, Erich Osterberg, Eric J Steig (2011) 10 year plan for Shallow Coring Capabilities (1-400 m deep). 2011 Ice Drilling Science Community Planning Workshop, April 15-16, 2011, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-5. | 2011 |
| Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Sarah Das, Mark Behn, Frank R Rack, Donald E Voigt (2011) Science Requirements for a Hot Water Drill. 2011 Ice Drilling Science Community Planning Workshop, April 15-16, 2011, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-2. | 2011 |
| Ryan Bay, Gary D Clow, Robert Hawley, Erin Pettit, Ed Waddington, Atsu Muto, IDPO (2011) Intermediate Depth Logging Winch - Science Requirements. 1-3. | 2011 |
| John W Goodge, Jeffrey P Severinghaus, Ryan Bay, Gary D Clow, Howard Conway, Robert Hawley, Erin Pettit, Ross D Powell, Eric J Steig (2011) RAID: RAPID ACCESS ICE DRILLING . 2011 Ice Drilling Science Community Planning Workshop, April 15-16, 2011, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-3. | 2011 |
| Jill Mikucki, Ross D Powell, Slawek Tulaczyk (2011) Subglacial Aquatic Environments Access Drilling. 2011 Ice Drilling Science Community Planning Workshop, April 15-16, 2011, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 1-7. | 2011 |
| Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (2011) SCAR's Code of Conduct for the Exploration and Research of Subglacial Aquatic Environments. ATCM XXXIV and CEP XIV 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina. IP 33, 1-5. | 2011 |
| Gary D Clow (2008) USGS Polar Temperature Logging System, Description and Measurement Uncertainties. U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 2-E3, 1-24. https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/02e03/ | 2008 |
| National Research Council (2007) Exploration of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments: Environmental and Scientific Stewardship. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1-162. doi: 10.17226/11886. https://doi.org/10.17226/11886 | 2007 |