European project for ice coring in antarctica (EPICA)

Objective

EPICA is a long-term European deep ice-core drilling project in Antarctica to derive high-resolution records of climate and atmospheric composition through several glacial-interglacial cycles. To achieve EPICA's goals it is necessary to drill at two sites, both to achieve the required resolution on different timescales and an adequate continent wide perspective. On the one hand the project will focus on an ice core from Dome C, where core retrieval has already started during the first EPICA phases and will continue during the timeframe of this proposal. On the other hand deep drilling will start in Dronning Maud Land, where the presite survey has identified a suitable drill site and where we will specifically look for the signatures of the rapid climatic oscillations found in the Greenland ice core records.

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-2. - Key action Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH

Address

Columbusstrasse
27568 Bremerhaven
Germany

Participants (11)

ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH

Germany

Address

Columbusstrasse
27568 Bremerhaven

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Rue Molière 54, Université De Grenoble 1
38402 Saint-martin-d'heres

INSTITUT FRANCAIS POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LA TECHNOLOGIE POLAIRES

France

Address

Technopôle Brest-iroise
29280 Plouzane

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

Address

Madingley Road, High Cross
CB3 0ET Cambridge

NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT

Norway

Address

Hjalmar Johansens G. 14
9296 Tromsoe

STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITET

Sweden

Address

12,Svante Arrheniusväg 12, Arrhenius Laboratory
106 91 Stockholm

UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES

Belgium

Address

50,Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50
1050 Bruxelles

UNIVERSITY OF BERNE

Switzerland

Address

5,Sidlerstrasse 5
3012 Bern

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

Denmark

Address

30,Juliane Maries Vej 30
2100 Koepenhagen

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA

Italy

Address

Piazza Della Scienza 1
20126 Milano

UTRECHT UNIVERSITY

Netherlands

Address

5,Princetonplein 5
3584 CC Utrecht