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Field and CPL Updates

Below is an archive of ~weekly updates from the Antarctic field seasons, as well as updates from the Greenland drill test and the 2011 core processing line (CPL) at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory.

Location	Major activities	Updates
2013-2014 Antarctica	The partial U.S. government shutdown forced significant changes to the U.S. Antarctic Program's operations for the 2013-2014 field season. The WAIS Divide field camp was not opened and the scientific field operations that were scheduled were postponed to the 2014-2015 field season.	10/29/2013
2012-2013 Antarctica	Replicate Coring (285 meters of replicate core collected from five deviations)	2/4/2013 1/28/2013 1/21/2013 1/14/2013 1/7/2013 12/31/2012 12/24/2012 12/17/2012 12/10/2012 12/3/2012 11/26/2012 11/19/2012 11/13/2012 11/5/2012 10/29/2012
2011-2012 Antarctica	Borehole Logging: Clow (I-475; temperature), Waddington/Anandakrishnan (I-162; sonic), Pettit/Obbard (I-166; televiewer/borehole deformation), and Peters (I-161; seismic) Deep drilling with DISC Drill (3331-3405 m) Replicate Coring Test	2/1/2012 1/23/2012 1/17/2012 1/9/2012 1/1/2012 12/26/2011 12/19/2011 12/12/2011 12/5/2011 11/28/2011 11/21/2011 11/11/2011
2011 Core Processing Line	Core processing line (CPL) at the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory to process and sample the core from 1953-3331 meters depth.	8/19/2011 8/12/2011 8/5/2011 7/29/2011 7/22/2011 7/15/2011 7/1/2011 6/24/2011 6/17/2011 6/10/2011
2010-2011 Antarctica	Deep drilling with DISC Drill (2564-3331 m)	2/2/2011 1/27/2011 1/23/2011 1/16/2011 1/9/2011 1/3/2011 12/27/2010 12/20/2010 12/13/2010 12/5/2010 11/29/2010 11/21/2010 11/15/2010
2009-2010 Antarctica	Deep drilling with DISC Drill (1514-2564 m)	1/25/2010 1/24/2010 1/17/2010 1/10/2010 1/3/2010 12/27/2009 12/21/2009 12/13/2009 12/7/2009 11/30/2009 11/23/2009 11/18/2009 11/12/2009 11/9/2009 11/2/2009
2008-2009 Antarctica	Deep drilling with DISC Drill (brittle ice) (580-1514 m)	1/25/2009 1/18/2009 1/12/2009 1/5/2009 12/29/2008 12/21/2008 12/14/2008 12/7/2008 12/2/2008 11/27/2008 11/12/2008 11/3/2008
2007-2008 Antarctica	Finished arch construction Installed DISC Drill Installed core handling/processing equipment Began deep drilling with DISC Drill (114-580 m)	1/22/2008 1/9/2008 12/5/2007 11/12/2007 10/26/2007
2006-2007 Antarctica	Began interior arch construction activities Drilled 130 meter ice core outside of arch facility Drilled and cased 100 meter pilot hole inside arch facility (0-114m) Installed two DISC Drill gantry cranes inside arch	12/26/2006 12/14/2006 12/12/2006 12/11/2006 12/10/2006 12/9/2006 12/8/2006 12/7/2006 12/6/2006 12/5/2006 12/4/2006 12/3/2006 12/2/2006 12/1/2006 11/10/2006 10/30/2006
2006 Greenland	Field test of the Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) Drill and core handling system	7/30/2006 7/23/2006 7/16/2006 7/10/2006 7/2/2006 6/25/2006 6/18/2006 6/11/2006 6/4/2006 5/28/2006 5/21/2006 5/14/2006 5/7/2006 4/29/2006
2005-2006 Antarctica	Establishment of seasonal field camp at WAIS Divide Began construction and assembly of drilling and core handling/processing arch facility Drilled several shallow ice cores	2/17/2006 2/5/2006 1/9/2006 1/3/2006 12/21/2005 12/6/2005 12/1/2005 11/21/2005 11/11/2005