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Download Data via FTP: Svalbard Ice Core Data
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There are three data sets available from two ice cores drilled at Svalbard. Ice coring in this
region was conducted between 1975 and 1987 by the Soviet Acadamy of Sciences, Institute of
Geography. Please read the README file from A Tarusov submitted with the original data.
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Austfonna 1987 Ice Core Accumulation Data
The borehole was drilled by V. Zagorodnov at the summit of the Austfonna (East Ice) at
North-East Land in July 1987. The bedrock was reached at 566.7 m. The lowermost 60
meters of ice core consists of 100% infiltration ice. The borehole location is 79 deg. 51 min.
N., 24 deg. 08 min. E. The surface elevation is 750 m a.s.l. with an annual mean air
temperature of -11 C. The 10 meter ice temperature is -3.4 C.
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Austfonna 1987 Ice Core Chemical Data
This file contains data on the chemical composition of the ice samples from the Austfonna
ice core (1987). It was drilled by V. Zagorodnov and processed by S. Arkhipov (both from the
Institute of Geography, Soviet Academy of Sciences).
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Lomonosovfonna 1982 Ice Core Data
This file contains the annual layer thicknesses measured in Lomonosovfonna ice core
(Westspitsbergen) in 1982. The borehole was drilled by V. Zagorodnov and reached bedrock at
135 m. Annual layers were determined by the stratigraphic method and all thicknesses are in
centimeters of ice equivelant (0.90 g/cc). The borehole location is 78 deg. 44 min. N, 17 deg.
34 min. E. The surface elevation is 1020 m a.s.l. with an annual mean air temperature of
-12.5 C.
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Some helpful references are:
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Arkhipov, S.M., et al. 1987. Soviet glaciological investigations on Austfonna, Nordaustlandet,
Svalbard in 1984 to 1985. Polar Geography and Geology 11:25-49.
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Korotkevich, Ye. S. and B.B. Kudriashov. 1974. Ice sheet drilling by Soviet Antarctic
expeditions. In Ice Core Drilling (J.F. Splettoesser, ed.). University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
28-30 August, 1974, 63-70.
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Zagorodnov, V.S. 1988. Recent Soviet activities on ice core driling and core investigations
in Arctic region. Bulletin of Glacier Research 6:81-84.
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