Climate Change - A Report from Antarctica: WAIS Divide Ice Core
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Dr. Kendrick Taylor of the Desert Research Institute is the Chief Scientist for the WAIS Divide Ice Core project. In this video, Kendrick takes you on a tour around the camp, discusses the process by which ice cores are drilled and extracted from the ice sheet, and explains the importance of ice cores in the overall understanding of Earth's climate history and current climate change.
Disconnecting the screen sections of the drill sonde. Greenland, 2006 (K. Taylor, DRI).
Drill sonde coming out of the bore hole. Greenland, 2006 (K. Taylor, DRI).
Winch drum and level wind system testing during the Greenland Field Test. Greenland, 2006 (K. Taylor, DRI).
Level wind system testing during the Greenland Field Test. Greenland, 2006 (K. Taylor, DRI).
Storm at WAIS Divide field camp. 2005/2006 field season (B. Texter, RPSC).
WAIS Divide Ice Core Project
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This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under award OPP-0440817 to the Desert Research Institute, Nevada System of Higher Education.
Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
