Lab Specializes in Analyzing Brittle Portion of Polar Ice Cores

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Former postdoctoral researcher David Ferris, South Dakota State University professor Jihong Col-Dai and doctoral student Kari Peterson work on the West Antarctica Ice Sheet Divide Ice Core project during the 2012 Christmas break. Ferris, now at Dartmouth College, is part of the drilling crew.

« Lab Specializes in Analyzing Brittle Portion of Polar Ice Cores

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Each section of ice core retrieved is carefully labeled.

« Lab Specializes in Analyzing Brittle Portion of Polar Ice Cores

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Using a special band saw, Cole-Dai slices off a piece of ice core from Western Antarctica. The specimens are stored at -4 degrees Fahrenheit in the SDSU Ice Core and Environmental Chemistry Lab freezer.

« Lab Specializes in Analyzing Brittle Portion of Polar Ice Cores

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The piece of West Antarctica ice core is positioned on a device developed by the SDSU ice core team which captures only the inner section as it melts and then sends the meltwater directly to the analysis machines in the adjoining lab.

« Lab Specializes in Analyzing Brittle Portion of Polar Ice Cores

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