During Spring quarter 2014 the Glaciology Group reading seminar (ESS 593b) is about “ice from far far away and from long long ago”. The start of the quarter this has included ice on other planets and moons. Here I will keep a log of the papers that we are reading. Week 1: Schmidt et al. … Continue reading
Friends of mine from University of Washington have organized another amazing summer opportunity in the Park, this time at Mt. Rainier. I look forward to contributing in any way that I can, and learning from this tremendous experience. Here is the description from their website: “Out of the forest at last there stood the mountain, … Continue reading
The next major US-led drilling program is going to be at the South Pole for an intermediate-depth ice core (to ~1500 meters depth and ~40 ka). The drilling will start this southern hemisphere summer — progress will be posted as the drilling begins. Low annual average temperature (-50˚C) and relatively high accumulation rate (8 cm … Continue reading