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News Release 13-017
Antarctic Ice Core Contains Unrivaled Detail of Past Climate
WAIS Divide Core will allow for examination of annual snowfall for each of the past 30,000 years
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Donald Voigt, chief scientist at the WAIS Divide Camp, examines an ice core.
Credit: Gifford Wong, Dartmouth College
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The first replicate ice core ever taken from the high side of an ice-core borehole is shown. This is a core drilled at right angles to the main borehole to get additional information. It is 4.25 inches in diameter.
Credit: Jay Johnson, Ice Drilling Design and Operations, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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