EastGRIP
The East Greenland Ice-core Project - EastGRIP - aims to retrieve an ice core by drilling through the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS). The project has many international partners and is managed by the Centre for Ice and Climate, Denmark with air support carried out by US ski-equipped Hercules aircraft managed through the US Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation.
The aim of the project is to drill and retrieve an ice core from the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS).
We hope to gain
- New knowledge on how ice streams ‘behave’ thereby improving the understanding of how ice streams will contribute to future sea-level change.
- A new record of past climatic conditions from the northeastern part of the Greenland Ice Sheet which will be analyzed at numerous laboratories worldwide.
A complex project
Going to the Greenland Ice Sheet to drill an ice core is of cause not an easy task. The operation includes a vast amount of logistics including making plans for field work, budgets, schedules, documentation for authorities, applying for permissions, purchasing equipment, planning flights, managing accounts, and hiring tradesmen and –women for field work.
The logistics is coordinated by the Danish Centre for Ice and Climate and requires a close collaboration with the US Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF) and the NSF contractor in Greenland CH2MHill Polar Field Services.
The flights take place in Hercules airplanes owned by the NSF and operated by the U.S. Air National Guard.
During the field season the EastGRIP camp is populated by more than 30 people; scientists, tradesmen and –women, guests etc. make up a small comunity.
The workhours are long however, there is room for some other activities e.g. the weekly Saturday dinner.
On this page you can
- Read field-diaries that tell the stories of everyday camp-life
- Or dive into the blog posts from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) which is updated once a month when the camp is open (in German)
- Follow the EastGRIP ninja LEGO figures communicating life and science from EGRIP camp
- Fly over camp, to get an overview of where the accommodation, storage, vehicle garages and workspaces (trenches) are placed
- Watch the videos of 6 weeks of deep ice core drilling and surface science at the EastGRIP Camp in 2018 + 2019 + 2022 + 2023, NW-Greenland.
The EGRIP project is a highly international project. The nations participate in the science proportionally to their contribution to the logistics.
The nations contributing with more than 5 million DKK are considered ‘major’ partners of the project and include Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, and USA. In addition, Italy, Sweden, and Iceland have expressed interest in participating as ‘small’ partners with minor logistical contributions and more specialized science projects.
From some nations, there are several research groups that contribute to the EGRIP science goals. However, each nation has only one member of the Scientific Steering Committee (SC) who coordinates the work on a national basis. The list below shows the national SC representatives for each partner nation.
Nation |
Steering Committee
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Steering Committee
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China
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Cunde Xiao |
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences |
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Canada
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Feiyue Wang | |
Denmark |
Centre for Ice and Climate |
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France |
L'Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement |
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Germany |
Alfred-Wegener-Institute |
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Iceland |
Árný Sveinbjörnsdóttir |
Institute of Earth Sciences |
Italy |
Carlo Barbante |
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes - CNR |
Japan |
Kumiko Goto-Azuma |
National Institute of Polar Research |
Norway |
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research |
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South Korea |
Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) |
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| South Korea |
Jinho Ahn |
Laboratory for Ice Core and Paleoclimate |
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Sweden |
Department of Physical Geography |
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Switzerland |
Climate and Environmental Physics |
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UK |
School of Geographical Sciences |
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USA |
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research |
Contact
Iben Koldtoft
Project/logistics coordinator
koldtoft@nbi.ku.dk
+45 35 33 06 43
During the field season, the field operations office in Kangerlussuaq is manned by 1-3 Field Operations Managers (FOMs).
The field operations office is the main communication link with regard to cargo, field participation, visitors, etc.
- EastGRIP field operations office
- EastGRIP camp
- Questions about scientific participation, samples or data
- Logistics team
- Webpage inquiries
EastGRIP field operations office
KISS building, room 208
Phone +299 84 11 51 (please remember that Kangerlussuaq time is UTC-3 when calling from abroad)
Mobile: +299 52 41 25
E-mail: fom@egrip.camp
Mail address:
EastGRIP
Box 12
DK-3910 Kangerlussuaq
Greenland
EastGRIP camp (open April-August)
EastGRIP coordinates (at deep bore hole): 75.63248 N, 35.98911 W
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Please use one of the following options if you wish to contact the EGRIP camp: Field leader has IP-phone: +45 77 34 74 45 Iridium phone Field Leader: +8816 414 00590. E-mail: fl@egrip.camp is on open port system and monitored by field leader. |
Iridium OpenPort telephone to EGRIP camp:
| Primary no.: +8816 777 72552 |
Iridium Openport Field Leader |
| Secondary no.: +8816 777 72553 | Iridium Openport crew telephone |
Please notice that calling these numbers is very expensive - up to 10 $/minute. Read more about the iridium satellite phones in the field plan.
IP telephone connections to the camp and field office
The IP telephone system is closed until now for this season. Please see contact options above.
It is possible to call cheaply to the til EastGRIP camp and to the field office (when system is open) using the following normal-rate phone numbers:
From Danmark (+45) 77 34 74 44
From Japan (+81) 3-4540-0053
From USA (+1) 646-542-1003
Then press the extension:
301 for contact to the field office in Kangerlussuaq
302 for contact to the EastGRIP warehouse in Kangerlussuaq
401 for contact to the field leader's office in the EastGRIP camp
402 for contact to the public phone on the 1st floor of the main dome in camp (common room).
Field participants can open their own extension number - please contact the relevant field member directly to organize this.
Questions about scientific participation, samples, or data should be addressed to
The EGRIP Steering Committee
Chairman, professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
National representatives
Logistics team:
Mail to field participants can be sent to the FOM office and will be forwarded to the camp on the first available plane connection.
Researchers
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