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Hercules Dome Workshop and US Ice Core Community Meeting, 2025

We will host a 1/2-day Hercules Dome workshop to update the community on logistics planning, and for coordination of Hercules Dome science. Those planning to submit proposals to be part of the Hercules Dome ice-core ice-analysis team are strongly encouraged to attend. This is expected to be the first of a regular annual PI meeting for Hercules Dome. 

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Important updates about the Hercules Dome ice core

We have some updates regarding Hercules Dome.

The good news is that as of today, we are still "on schedule". There is always potential for further delay, depending in part how this year’s Antarctic field operations go, but the following is the current plan and guidance from conversations with NSF.

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Announcing 3rd US Ice Core Open Science Meeting

The third annual US Ice Core Open Science Meeting will be held May 15-17, 2024, at the Portland Public Library in beautiful Portland, Maine.

This meeting is intended for anyone interested in ice core science or related fields, including ice-core analysis, ice or subglacial drilling, glacier geophysics that supports or depends on ice core records, paleoclimate, and contemporary climate and ice sheet change.

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Ice Core Session At AGU 2023 Fall Meeting

We would like to bring your attention and encourage you to submit relevant abstracts to the following AGU 2023 Fall Meeting session:

C017 - Ice Core Records of Environmental Change
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/189446

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COLDEX Early Career Researcher Scholarship Fund

The Center for Oldest Ice Exploration (COLDEX) is an NSF Science and Technology Center formed in 2021 to explore Antarctica for the oldest possible ice core records of our planet’s climate and environmental history, and to help make polar science more inclusive and diverse.

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Ice Core Open Science Meeting - Early Registration Ends March 15

Registration for the second annual US Ice Core Open Science Meeting is now open. The meeting will be held May 8-10, 2023, at the Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

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U.S. Ice Core Open Science Meeting Registration

Registration for the second annual US Ice Core Open Science Meeting is now open. The meeting will be held May 8-10, 2023, at the Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

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Hercules Dome Update

It has been some time since we have sent you an update on the Hercules Dome project. We are happy to be able to provide you some concrete and positive news.

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ICECReW 2023

Ice Core Early Career Researchers Workshop (ICWCReW) 2023

May 7 and 8, 2023
University of Washington, Seattle

Sponsors: NSF Hercules Dome Ice Core Project Conveners: Ursula Jongebloed, Emma Robertson, Julia Andreasen, T.J. Fudge, and Bess Koffman

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ICECReW 1.5-Day Workshop Before US Ice Core Open Science Meeting

The second Ice Core Early-Career Researchers Workshop (ICECReW) will be held on May 7 and 8, 2023, ahead of the US Ice Core Open Science Meeting (May 8-10) at the University of Washington, Seattle. ICECReW is an opportunity for early-career researchers to meet and discuss ice core science. This year's workshop focuses on encouraging collaboration and generating proposal ideas.

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