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DRAFT 2013 Long Range Science Plan - Request for Community Input

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) works with the 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, and it drives the formation of the associated IDDO Long Range Drilling Technology Plan. Together, the plans provide the basis for multi-annual planning for the actions and drill development projects of IDPO-IDDO, 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, please make sure that the high-level articulation of your science is captured in the current draft update of the plan! You can download the current working draft of the plan from:
https://icedrill.org/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 June 12.

Registration Now Open: 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology

Registration is now open for the 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology to be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA from 9-13 September 2013.

Please note that if you previously submitted an "expression of interest" to attend the workshop you must still register to attend the workshop.

* The registration deadline is 30 June 2013. *

Abstract submission is now also open, and its deadline is also 30 June 2013.

Visit the workshop's website for information about registration, abstract submission, and accommodation.
http://icedrill.org/7th-international-workshop-on-ice-drilling-technology/

The second circular for the workshop can be downloaded at:
http://icedrill.org/7th-international-workshop-on-ice-drilling-technology/7_ws_idt_2ndcirc.pdf

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7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology
9-13 September 2013
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
http://icedrill.org/7th-international-workshop-on-ice-drilling-technology/

Following in the footsteps of the six previous ice drilling technology workshops held between 1974 and 2006, the 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology will take a comprehensive look at the latest technological innovations in ice drilling technology, including ice coring, borehole logging, subglacial sampling, core logging and handling, and field logistics. The workshop will promote the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and experience among many countries and individuals who are involved in ice drilling projects. People active in the technical side of ice drilling are especially encouraged to participate, as are technical representatives from nations who have recently begun ice drilling programs for the first time.
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First Circular: 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology

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7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology
9-13 September 2013
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
http://icedrill.org/7th-international-workshop-on-ice-drilling-technology/
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We have now posted the first circular for the 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology. The workshop will be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA from 9-13 September 2013.

Following in the footsteps of the six previous ice drilling technology workshops held between 1974 and 2006, the 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology will take a comprehensive look at the latest technological innovations in ice drilling technology, including ice coring, borehole logging, subglacial sampling, core logging, handling and field logistics. The workshop will promote the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and experience among many countries and individuals who are involved in ice drilling projects. People active in the technical side of ice drilling are especially encouraged to participate, as are technical representatives from nations who have recently begun ice drilling programs for the first time.

You can download a copy of the first circular and register your interest to attend the workshop at:
http://icedrill.org/7th-international-workshop-on-ice-drilling-technology/

All the best,
Mary Albert (Ice Drilling Program Office)
Charlie Bentley (Ice Drilling Design and Operations)
Frank Wilhelms (Alfred-Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven)

Fall AGU Town Hall Meeting: Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions

Town Hall Meeting Announcement:
"Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions"

Date: 3 December 2012
Time: 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
Place: Moscone Center; Moscone West, Room 2008

The U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) is organizing a Town Hall meeting at the Fall AGU Meeting entitled "TH15G Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions". Ice sheets, glaciers, and the underlying bedrock, sediment and permafrost hold crucial evidence of past conditions, ice sheet dynamics, and cratonic geology. International collaboration for drilling in the polar regions requires coordination between science, technology, and logistics. The research community is invited to hear updates on recent planning by the IDPO/IDDO, IPICS, ANDRILL, IODP, SCAR-ACE, and WAIS initiatives. Opportunities for community involvement in interdisciplinary planning will be highlighted and input solicited.

The Town Hall is on Monday, December 3 from 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm in Moscone West, Room 2008. Please check the 2012 Fall AGU Meeting website for more information:
http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/calendar/town-halls/

Call for Nominations: Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office Seeks Senior Scientist

The Science Advisory Board (SAB) of the U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) is seeking a senior scientist to help guide the future direction for U.S. ice drilling activities. We are particularly interested in appointing someone who uses ice cores to study the chemistry of ancient atmospheres, but scientists with other areas of expertise will also be considered.

For additional details about the role of the SAB, including current members, tasks, and terms of reference, please visit: https://icedrill.org/about/sab.shtml

Please send nominations (or self-nomination) for the SAB with a short letter of interest to Joseph Souney of IDPO at joseph.souney@unh.edu by October 20, 2012.

Howard Conway
Chair, Science Advisory Board to the U.S. Ice Drilling Program Office

DRAFT 2012 Long Range Science Plan - Request for Community Input

It is that time of year again when we solicit the ice coring and drilling community for input and comments on the Long Range Science Plan. The draft 2012 Long Range Science Plan has been updated to reflect the outcomes from the 2012 Science Advisory Board (SAB) meeting. This document is meant to be the forward planning path for our sciences. Please take the time to review the working draft and send any additional input to icedrill@dartmouth.edu by June 8; IDPO will coordinate review of the input by the SAB for incorporation into the final document. As usual, this Plan will be revisited and revised as appropriate each spring.

To download the working draft, please visit:
https://icedrill.org/long-range-science-plan 

We thank you in advance for your input.

Subglacial/Borehole Logging Working Groups: Call for Participants

The Science Advisory Board (SAB) of the NSF-funded Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO; https://icedrill.org) wants to ensure it captures the complete breadth of community input for on-going and future needs of the ice drilling science community. The SAB seeks to form two new working groups; each group will organize by teleconferences and webinars to update the community about progress in ice drilling foci and receive input on current community concerns and future needs.

The two working groups are:
(1) Working Group on Subglacial Access Drilling (WGSAD) that will represent the broad range of scientists interested in gaining data from beneath glaciers and ice sheets. The breadth of fields includes (but is not limited to) basement and bedrock geology, Cenozoic sedimentary basins, till, heat flow, exposure dating, stream hydrology (englacial, subglacial), geochemistry, limnology, oceanography, microbiology, etc. Ross Powell, currently on the SAB, will initially lead the group. Other standing SAB members currently representing these communities are Jill Mikucki for microbiology, and Howard Conway for exposure dating.

(2) Working Group on Borehole Logging (WGBL) that will represent the broad range of scientists interested in deploying logging instruments in glaciers and ice sheets. Ryan Bay and Gary Clow, who are both currently on the SAB, will initially lead the group.

If you are interested in contributing to either of these working groups and advising on future paths the U.S. ice drilling program should take, please notify Joseph Souney of IDPO at joseph.souney@unh.edu by May 18.

Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions :: AGU Town Hall Meeting

IDPO is organizing a Town Hall meeting at the 2011 Fall AGU Meeting entitled "Scientific Drilling in the Polar Regions". ANDRILL and SCAR-ACE are co-sponsors of the event. Presenters at this meeting will report on recent planning by the IDPO/IDDO, IPICS, ANDRILL, IODP, SCAR-ACE, SHALDRIL, WAIS, and Arctic Ocean drilling initiatives, and will provide time to discuss current opportunities for community involvement in long-term interdisciplinary planning. The workshop is on Thursday, December 8 room 12:30 to 1:30 PM in the Moscone West, Room 2006. Please check the 2011 Fall AGU Meeting web site for more information.

IPICS First Open Science Conference :: 1-5 October 2012, Giens, France

The first Open Science Conference of the International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS) will be held from 1-5 October 2012 at the beautiful setting of the Belembra club, situated on the border of the Mediterranean Sea in one of the best spots of the French Côte d'Azur.

The objective of the conference is to present, discuss and put into perspective the most recent results of past and current ice core drilling projects (deep drillings such as EPICA, WAIS Divide, NEEM, TALDICE,... but also shallow drillings) in Antarctica and Greenland. Other ice core drilling projects conducted in non-polar glaciers or in other Arctic sites are also welcome. The four IPICS white papers will structure the conference programme. Gathering mostly ice core scientists, the conference expects to also attract researchers working on other paleoclimate archives as well as paleoclimate modelers and glaciologists.

For more information, please visit the conference web site at:
http://www.ipics2012.org/

Deadlines for Ice Drilling Science Community Planning Workshop and Requesting Ice Drilling Support for NSF Antarctic Proposals

Several important deadlines are approaching that we want to bring to your attention:
1. Ice Drilling Science Community Planning Workshop hotel and registration deadlines
2. 2011 Antarctic Research Solicitation (11-532) deadline for requesting ice drilling support

1. Ice Drilling Science Community Planning Workshop hotel and registration deadlines
As a reminder, the Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) is sponsoring an interdisciplinary ice community workshop to identify future Arctic and Antarctic drilling/coring sites, the ice drilling technology that will be needed, and the timeline over the coming decade for conducting scientific endeavors important for advancing science on many frontiers. The workshop will be held at the Washington Dulles Marriott Suites Hotel in Herndon, VA, on April 15 and 16. All are invited to participate.

If you have an interest in attending the workshop and haven't registered and/or reserved a hotel room yet you need to do so quickly. The cut-off date for accepting hotel reservations into the workshop's room block is at 12:00 noon on April 1. The deadline for registering for the workshop is April 7.

Please make sure and register for the workshop even if you are from the area and will not be staying in a hotel so that we have a head count for the meeting room setup and lunch.

For more information about the workshop, please visit:
http://www.icedrill.org/science-planning-workshop-2011/

2. 2011 Antarctic Research Solicitation (11-532) deadline for Requesting Ice Drilling Support
The 2011 Antarctic Research Solicitation (11-532) deadline is June 6, 2011. As a reminder, if your proposal requires any kind of ice drilling or ice coring support from the Ice Drilling Design and Operations (IDDO) group at the University of Wisconsin you must contact icedrill@dartmouth.edu at least 6 weeks prior to the Antarctic Research Solicitation (11-532) deadline, in this case by April 25.

For more information about requesting ice drilling support, please visit
https://icedrill.org/scientists/scientists.shtml .