June 2, 2015,Oldest ice on Earth paper is published
Higgins, J.A, A.V. Kurbatov, N.E. Spaulding, E.J. Brook, D.S. Introne, L.M. Chimiak, Y.Yan, P.A. Mayewski, and M.L. Bender. 2015. “Atmospheric Composition 1 Million Years Ago From Blue Ice in the Allan Hills, Antarctica.”PNAS 112 (22): 6887–6891.
August 2013, Time scale paper is published
Spaulding, N.E., J.A. Higgins, A.V. Kurbatov, M.L. Bender, S.A. Arcone, S. Campbell, N.W. Dunbar, L.M. Chimiak, D.S.Introne, and P.A.Mayewski. 2013. “Climate Archives From 90 to 250 Ka in Horizontal and Vertical Ice Cores From the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area, Antarctica.” Quaternary Research 80 (3): 562–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.07.004.
April 25, 2013, Nicole Spaulding, Ph.D.
Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Spaulding who successfully defended her Ph. D. dissertation.
Results of Ice Motion Study Published in Journal of Glaciology
Data available at
NSIDC
City of Bern Award
On July 25, 2011, Nicky was awarded a prize from the City of Bern for the poster she presented at the INQUA 2011.
Videoconference
On May 25, 2011, at 11 am, videoconference with Dr. V. Spikes
Allan Hills frozen samples arrived safely in Orono, ME
On April 8, 2011 our samples were delivered to the Bangor freezer. Nicky immediately went to check on them and she reports that everything looks good.
Educational Tools module released
On these pages you will find a series of educational activities designed for
teachers and
students to bring cutting-edge ice core research into the classroom.
2MBIA is a blue ice coring and trenching project in East Antarctica sponsored by the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.
