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    Accessing Ice Cores

    Two steps must be followed before scientists are granted access to the ice cores at the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL).

    Step 1:
    Scientists interested in obtaining ice from NICL must contact the NICL-Science Management Office (NICL-SMO) located at the University of New Hampshire and obtain a core grant. NICL is not authorized to release any ice core, nor to cut any archived ice core, without prior approval by the NICL-SMO. In order to initiate the core grant process, contact Mark Twickler at 603-862-1991 or nicl.smo at unh.edu. Before contacting NICL-SMO, scientists should first read and become familiar with the Ice Core Distribution Policy. Non-U.S. scientists and non-National Science Foundation (NSF) funded scientists may be required to have an NSF funded collaborator before they can be given access to certain ice cores.

    Step 2:
    Once access has been granted by the NICL-SMO, the scientist can call 303-202-4830 or email nicl at usgs.gov to schedule a sample visit at NICL.
    National Ice Core Laboratory Science Management Office