Mt. Geladandong Ice Cores Susan Kaspari and Bjorn Grigholm: UMaine Qianggong Zhang, Shichang Kang, Feng Chen, Qinghua Ye, and Zhiyuan Cong: Joint Key Laboratory of Cryosphere and Environment, P.R. China September 24 to November 15, 2005 Mt. Geladandong (33f 12′ N, 91f 09’E, 5800 m) is located in the Tanggula Mountains in the central region […]
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Reconnaissance Research in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan Susan Kaspari and Bjorn Gringholm, UMaine Dr. Vladimir Aizen, University of Idaho Arzhan Surazakov and Dan Joswiak, UIdaho July 16 – August 6, 2005 The high elevation snowfields of the Pamir and Tien Shan contain robust records documenting: moisture advection into central Asia from the Atlantic and Arctic; […]
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East Greenland Glaciology Gordon Hamilton and Leigh Stearns June 22 – July 26, 2005 Recent studies of the Greenland Ice Sheet show that the largest changes are taking place near the ice sheet margins. These changes include an increase in the spatial extent, seasonal duration, and intensity of surface melting, as well as rapid ice […]
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Glacial Geologic Investigations of the Nevado Firura Glacier, Peru Kurt Radamaker, Gordon Bromley and Louis Fortin June 15 – July 14, 2005 Recent geoarchaeological investigations in the Andes of southern Peru are providing valuable information about the early human settlement of South America, the possible relationship between the highlands and the coast, and adaptation to […]
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Meteorological Controls on Snow Accumulation, St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada Alan Wanamaker and Zachary Von Hassein June 8 – June 27, 2005 The Arctic represents one of the key regions on Earth in our efforts to document and understand global change. The sensitivity of the Arctic to climate perturbations and the wealth of paleoenvironmental […]
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Ice Cores from Mt. Logan, Yukon Territory, Canada Erich Osterberg, Gerald Holdsworth (University of Calgary), Steve Bartolo May 1 to June 15, 2005 We intend to collect ice cores and snow pit samples, and install weather stations on Mt. Logan, Yukon, Canada, in order to investigate the climate history of the North Pacific over the […]
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Glacial history and climate reconstruction, Patagonia George Denton and Marcus Vandergoes, UMaine Jorge Strelin, Ushuia, Argentina March 16 to April 20, 2005 The goals of this project are to produce detailed records of glacier recession during the last deglaciation and Holocene. Mapping and sampling of glacial deposits around Lago Argentina and the Upsala Glacier will […]
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Abrupt Climate Change, Patagonia Paul Mayewski, Andrei Kurbatov, Erich Osterberg, Daniel Dixon, UMaine Charles Porter, Patagonia Research Foundation and UMaine Mike Ellis and Scott Mason, Stonehaven Productions, Canada February 20 to March 22, 2005 Research conducted by Climate Change Institute members in Antarctica over the past few years has resulted in new theories concerning the […]
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Glacial history and climate reconstruction, South Island, New Zealand George Denton, Marcus Vandergoes, Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall January 15 to Feb. 28, 2005 The main objectives of our trip to New Zealand this summer was (1) to develop a standard taxonomy of New Zealand chironomid types, (2) complete outstanding modern sample collection for our chironomid research, (3) […]
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet Stability: Glacial Record from the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains in the Bottleneck Hal Borns, Aaron Putnam, UMaine Robert Ackert, Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, Harvard December 15, 2004 to February 15, 2005 The goal of this cooperative project is to document the former high stands and assess the stability of the West […]
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