A new ice core drilling project is all set to start in North-Eastern Greenland which includes a number of projects for aiming to generate a new concept regarding the ice sheet dynamics and weather history. For this purpose, a crew of scientists, technicians, and students have reached the EastGRIP (East Greenland Ice Center Project) research camp which is on the Greenland ice cap.
According to Phys.org, the new ice core drilling project has many international research and scientists groups involved in it, which are organized by the Center for Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute. The finance for the project has been done by a donation from A.P. Moller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Moller's Foundation.
The main aim of ice core drilling project or the East Greenland Ice-center Project (EastGRIP) is to penetrate an ice center 2550 meters through the ice sheet to the base of the ice top, through the upper east Greenland ice stream. Ice streams are in charge of transporting a noteworthy bit of the ice that finishes in the sea. The analysts would like to acquire new comprehension of the conduct of these streams. Information on how ice sheets respond to over a significant time span atmosphere changes will help at assessing ice streams' commitment to future ocean level changes.
EastGrip reported that the drilled core in the new ice core drilling project will be tested and analyzed at a number of labs around the world for providing a new record of past climatic conditions of the Greenland Ice Sheets. During the drill, scientists will be investigating the ice's flow properties. Physical properties of ice will be measured and deformation studies will be done to obtain a perfect result.
The drilling site for the ice core drilling project has been chosen since it is the located as the starting point of the northern east Greenland ice stream, apparently brought on by raised geothermal warmth flux from the bedrock. The drill hole and the camp move 50 meters each year together with the ice. It is the first time ever to drill a long ice core in ice that has a day by day movement comparable to the width of the drill opening.
