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VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY - IDP Ice Core Science Community Planning Workshop
Due to the spread of COVID-19, we will not be holding the in-person workshop. Instead we will have a one-day virtual ICWG Community Meeting on Thursday, April 2, for presenting and discussing information relevant to the U.S. ice coring program and for updating the IDP Long Range Science Plan. Here is related information:
- The virtual meeting on April 2 will occur via the Zoom platform; access information will be sent out to registered participants before the end of March.
- A revised draft Agenda for the April 2 virtual meeting will be sent out to all registered participants early next week.
- Our intention at this time is to hold an in-person workshop in D.C. on October 1 & 2, but that depends on the status of COVID-19. If you are not currently holding an airline ticket but you wish to attend the October meeting, please consider waiting until late summer to make the purchase. However, if you have already purchased an airline ticket for the April meeting, you may wish to check with the airline, since many airlines are now offering to re-issue the ticket with no penalty.
- Invited speakers and ICWG members who had purchased their own airline tickets for the April meeting should contact Mary Albert.
The spread of COVID-19 is currently increasing, and we feel that holding the virtual meeting is prudent. The good news is that science planning and preparation for the future will continue!
What: U.S. Ice Drilling Program Ice Core Science Community Planning Workshop (aka ICWG Community Meeting)
When: April 2, 2020
Where: VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY
Website: https://icedrill.org/meetings/ice-core-science-community-planning-workshop-2020
Registration Deadline: March 13, 2020
Sponsor: Mary Albert, Dartmouth, IDP Executive Director
IDP Ice Core Working Group Conveners: Erich Osterberg, Dartmouth; T.J. Fudge, University of Washington
IDP Ice Core Science Community Planning Workshop
What: U.S. Ice Drilling Program Ice Core Science Community Planning Workshop
When: April 2-3, 2020
Where: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Website: https://icedrill.org/meetings/ice-core-science-community-planning-workshop-2020
Registration Deadline: March 13, 2020
Sponsor: Mary Albert, Dartmouth, IDP Executive Director
IDP Ice Core Working Group Conveners: Erich Osterberg, Dartmouth; T.J. Fudge, University of Washington
The U.S. Ice Drilling Program Ice Core Working Group (IDP-ICWG) will hold a U.S. community planning workshop on April 2-3, 2020, at the Residence Inn Alexandria Old Town South at Carlyle in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting will be all day on Thursday, April 2, and Friday morning, April 3.
Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to articulate driving scientific questions in ice core research for the coming decade and beyond, and identify drilling sites and technological and logistical requirements needed to answer those questions, for contribution to the U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) Long Range Science Plan.
Description: Scientific discoveries achieved in the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets and temperate glaciers are critical to society today, but they are not achieved without significant advance planning. The U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) is sponsoring an interdisciplinary ice community workshop to identify science driving future Arctic and Antarctic ice coring sites, the ice drilling technology that will be needed, and the timeline over the coming decade for advancing ice core science on multiple frontiers. The outcome of the workshop will be white papers describing community endeavors with associated timelines that will become part of the updated U.S. Ice Drilling Program Long Range Science Plan.
Video-conferencing will be available for remote participation.
There is no registration fee for the workshop, but everyone planning to attend (even those attending remotely) MUST register so that we will have an accurate headcount for meeting room space and catering. The registration deadline is March 13. After we receive your registration, we will send you additional details of the meeting as it develops. If you plan to attend via video-conferencing, please indicate that on your registration so that we can be in contact.
Further details regarding the upcoming workshop in Alexandria, VA, including registration instructions, agenda, and future updates, can be found at:
https://icedrill.org/meetings/ice-core-science-community-planning-workshop-2020
PolarTREC Education and Outreach Opportunity
Host a PolarTREC Educator on Your Field Research Project
Dear U.S. Ice Drilling Colleagues -
PolarTREC is looking for researchers who are willing to host educators on their research projects in the polar regions.
You can apply to take part in the PolarTREC program, where NSF embeds an educator on your team. The educator acts as a research assistant providing another set of hands for your work and will also amplify your research by designing education outreach projects and products developed with your input.
If you are interested and want to learn more about the program and application deadline, contact PolarTREC by email at info@polartrec.com .
Request for Community Input - Draft 2019 Long Range Science Plan
Will you need an ice core or an access hole drilled in a glacier or ice sheet in the coming decade? If so, please read on and send us your input!
Each year in the spring the U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) works with its Science Advisory Board and with the research community to update the Long Range Science Plan. This Plan identifies the science in the coming decade that will require the use of ice drilling technology and expertise for the community. This also drives the formation of other plans, for example the Long Range Drilling Technology Plan. The plans provide the basis for multi-annual planning for the actions and drill development projects of IDP and others, and the plans give the funding agencies advance notice of upcoming community science needs.
If you will need an ice core or a hole drilled in a glacier or ice sheet in the coming decade, or a rock core from under shallow glacial ice, please make sure that the high-level articulation of your science is captured in the current draft update of the Long Range Science Plan!
Please read through the draft Long Range Science Plan and send corrections, updates, or additions to Icedrill @ Dartmouth.edu ASAP or not later than May 17, 2019.
Submission deadline: May 17, 2019
To download the working draft, please visit:
https://icedrill.org/long-range-science-plan
IDP Subglacial Access Working Group SCIENCE PLANNING WORKSHOP (Second Announcement)
What: U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) Subglacial Access Science Planning Workshop
When: March 29-30, 2019
Where: Herndon, Virginia
Website: https://icedrill.org/meetings/subglacial-access-science-planning-workshop-2019
This is a second announcement for the U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) Subglacial Access Science Planning Workshop in Herndon, Virginia which will take place on March 29-30, 2019. The primary objective of this workshop is to provide focused feedback from subglacial research community into the IDP Long Range Science Plan. Specifically, we seek to stimulate discussions that will yield a prioritized list of science objectives and associated targets and requirements (sampling, drilling and support needs) for the coming decade for the 2019 update to the IDP Long Range Science Plan. We will provide options for remote participation for the plenary aspects of the workshop, and also we welcome short presentations and/or written feedback from non-attendees.
We plan to have a draft white paper at the end of the workshop and we will solicit feedback on the draft after the workshop, but before it is finalized, for inclusion in the IDP Long Range Science Plan. White papers that were written after the prior, 2016, subglacial access workshop can be downloaded here: https://icedrill.org/meetings/subglacial-access-drilling-idpo-science-planning-workshop
There is no registration fee for the workshop, but everyone planning to attend should register so that we will have an accurate headcount for meeting room space and catering. Further details regarding the upcoming workshop in Herndon, including registration instructions, agenda, and future updates, can be found at: https://icedrill.org/meetings/subglacial-access-science-planning-workshop-2019
AGU Town Hall 2018: Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions
The U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) will hold the AGU Town Hall on Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions on Tuesday, December 11, at the Marriott Marquis room Independence E from 12:30-13:30. The meeting is convened by Mary Albert with co-convenor John Goodge.
In addition, at this Town Hall a representative of the International Glaciological Society will present the IGS Richardson Medal to Dr. Julie Palais. For more information about the IGS Richardson Medal and Dr. Julie Palais, visit:
https://www.igsoc.org/awards/richardson/palais.html
Abstract: Ice sheets, glaciers, and the underlying bedrock, sediment and permafrost hold crucial evidence of past conditions, ice sheet dynamics, and cratonic geology. National and international collaboration for drilling in the remote polar regions requires strategic coordination between science, technology, and logistics. This meeting will provide the research community with updates on IDP, IPICS, RAID, and SALSA drilling initiatives. Opportunities for community involvement will be showcased, and input from the audience will be solicited.
Date: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Time: 12:30 - 13:30
Location: Marriott Marquis - Independence E
AGU meeting website: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Session/56028
For additional information: please contact Mary Albert (Mary.R.Albert@dartmouth.edu)
AGU Town Hall 2018: Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions
Town Hall Title: TH23I: Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions
Date and Time: Tuesday, 11 December 2018: 12:30 - 13:30
Location: Marriott Marquis, Room: Independence E
The U.S. Ice Drilling Program will hold the AGU Town Hall on Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions on Tuesday, December 11 at the Marriott Marquis room Independence E from 12:30-13:30. The meeting is convened by Mary Albert with co-convenor John Goodge. In addition, at this Town Hall a representative of the International Glaciological Society will present the IGS Richardson Medal to Dr. Julie Palais.
Abstract: Ice sheets, glaciers, and the underlying bedrock, sediment and permafrost hold crucial evidence of past conditions, ice sheet dynamics, and cratonic geology. National and international collaboration for drilling in the remote polar regions requires strategic coordination between science, technology, and logistics. This meeting will provide the research community with updates on IDPO-IDDO, IPICS, RAID, and SALSA drilling initiatives. Opportunities for community involvement will be showcased, and input from the audience will be solicited.
AGU meeting website for more information:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Session/56028
For further information, please contact Mary Albert (Mary.R.Albert at dartmouth.edu)
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 of U.S. ice coring and drilling science, as well as for the development of drilling technology, infrastructure, and logistical support necessary to enable the science.
Request for Community Input - Draft 2018 Long Range Science Plan
Will you need an ice core or an access hole drilled in a glacier or ice sheet in the coming decade? If so, please read on and send us your input!
Each year in the spring the Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program works with its Science Advisory Board and with the research community to update the IDPO Long Range Science Plan. This Plan identifies the science in the coming decade that will require the use of ice drilling technology and expertise for the community. This also drives the formation of other plans, for example the IDDO Long Range Drilling Technology Plan. The plans provide the basis for multi-annual planning for the actions and drill development projects of IDPO-IDDO and others, and the plans give the funding agencies advance notice of upcoming community science needs.
If you will need an ice core or a hole drilled in a glacier or ice sheet in the coming decade, or a rock core from under shallow glacial ice, please make sure that the high-level articulation of your science is captured in the current draft update of the IDPO Long Range Science Plan!
Please read through the draft Long Range Science Plan and send corrections, updates, or additions to Icedrill@Dartmouth.edu ASAP or not later than May 30, 2018.
Submission deadline: 30 May 2018
To download the working draft, please visit:
https://icedrill.org/long-range-science-plan
Ice Drilling Support for NSF Polar Proposals
The NSF Antarctic Science section will now accept proposals at any time for solicitation ANT 18-530, and the NSF Arctic section will accept proposals at any time for solicitation ARC 16-595. Scientists who are proposing research that will require ice coring or ice drilling, and associated education and outreach activities, should request field support from IDPO-IDDO by completing a Field Project Support Requirements form available at https://icedrill.org/scientists/scientists.shtml , and/or follow the directions regarding obtaining outreach support at https://icedrill.org/scientists/outreach_support.shtml . Scientists should send the information to Icedrill@Dartmouth.edu at least 3 weeks before the target date for submitting your NSF proposal.
IDPO-IDDO Field Project Support Requirements Form:
https://icedrill.org/scientists/scientists.shtml
IDPO Outreach Support for Scientists:
https://icedrill.org/scientists/outreach_support.shtml
ANT 18-530 solicitation:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18530/nsf18530.htm
Frequently asked questions for ANT 18-530:
https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf18042
ARC 16-595 solicitation:
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16595/nsf16595.htm