Publications

The 9th International Symposium on Ice Drilling Technology was held in Potsdam, Germany, on September 14-19, 2025. As a follow-up to the eight previous ice drilling technology symposia held between 1974 and 2019, the 9th International Symposium on Ice Drilling Technology took a comprehensive look at the latest innovations in ice drilling technology, including but not limited to mechanical and thermal drilling, borehole logging, subglacial sampling, core logging and handling, and field logistics. IDP Engineers Jay Johnson and Tanner Kuhl attended the symposium in-person, and others at IDP-WI participated via Zoom. Seven IDP presentations were given and five posters were presented, covering topics including 700 Drill development, advancements in drill electronics, high-altitude thermal drilling, development of shallow wet drilling capability, and research into and use of different materials for fabricating replaceable cutter inserts.

As a follow-up to the symposium, the International Glaciological Society (IGS) will prepare a special collection of the Annals of Glaciology with the theme ‘Ice Drilling Technology’ in 2026. The Collection will be part of Annals Volume 67. The papers will be published continuously online as part of Annals Volume 67 and will simultaneously be brought together in the special issue’s online thematic ‘Collection’. Symposium participants and non-participants alike are encouraged to submit manuscripts for this thematic Collection. For more information, read the Ice Drilling Technology – Call for Papers solicitation by the IGS.

Publications from the eight previous ice drilling technology symposia are available within the Library section of the IDP website.

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If you receive any support from IDP, we kindly request you acknowledge IDP in any resultant publications or articles with the following statement: “We thank the NSF Ice Drilling Program for support activities through NSF Continuing Grant 2318480.” If you have any questions, please contact us at IceDrill@Dartmouth.edu.

The Library section of the IDP website serves as a portal to ice drilling technology documents and publications of interest to the ice drilling community, currently containing links to over 700 documents. The portal is organized by drilling topic (e.g., deep drilling, drilling fluids, hot water drilling, etc.), equipment type (e.g., Blue Ice Drill, Eclipse Drill, etc.), NSF Ice Drilling Program documents (e.g., equipment manuals, meeting/workshop presentations and notes, science requirements for equipment, etc.), and special collections (e.g., CRREL Reports, International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS), International Workshop/Symposium on Ice Drilling Technology series, etc.). Visit the IDP Library.

If you receive any support from IDP, we kindly request that you acknowledge IDP in any resultant publications or articles with the following statement: “We thank the U.S. Ice Drilling Program for support activities through NSF Cooperative Agreement 2318480.” If you have any questions, please contact us at IceDrill@Dartmouth.edu.

A list of peer-reviewed publications from projects that received field support from IDP (or publications authored by IDP staff) is available at https://icedrill.org/publications.

IDP also maintains a library of technical ice drilling documents and publications at https://icedrill.org/library. See the article above for more information.

The Library section of the IDP website serves as a portal to ice drilling technology documents and publications of interest to the ice drilling community and currently contains links to over 700 documents. The portal is organized by drilling topic (e.g., deep drilling, drilling fluids, hot water drilling, etc.), equipment type (e.g., 4-Inch Drill, Blue Ice Drill, etc.), U.S. Ice Drilling Program documents (e.g., equipment manuals, meeting/workshop presentations and notes, science requirements for equipment, etc.), and special collections (e.g., CRREL Reports, International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS), International Workshop/Symposium on Ice Drilling Technology series, etc.). Visit the IDP Library.