GISP2 Ice Core Is Long, Continuous and Detailed Record

Title GISP2 Ice Core Is Long, Continuous and Detailed Record
Publication Type
Report
Year
1997
Author(s) Mark S Twickler
Journal/ Publication
Witness the Arctic
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pagination
1-2
Abstract

Prediction and modeling of climate change and its effect on the environment and humankind is one of the most challenging tasks facing science today. Knowledge of how climate has changed in the past is essential to this effort. On 1 July 1993, the Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2) successfully completed drilling 3,053.44 m to the base of the central Greenland Ice Sheet—at 72°35'N 38°29'W, 3,200 m above sea level—recovering the deepest ice core record that is achievable in the northern hemisphere.

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Special Collections History of Ice Drilling/Coring
Categories Deep Drilling
Equipment PICO 132 mm Drill
Citation Mark S Twickler ( 1997 ) GISP2 Ice Core Is Long, Continuous and Detailed Record. Witness the Arctic , 5 , 1 , 1-2 .
Lead Author
Mark S Twickler