he U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) is a facility for storing, curating, and studying meteoric ice cores recovered from the glaciated regions of the world. It provides scientists with the capability to conduct examinations and measurements on ice cores, and it preserves the integrity of these ice cores in a long-term repository for current and future investigations.


About the Sample Access of the National Ice Core Laboratory

Requests for samples from the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) are coordinated through the Science Director at the NICL-Science Management Office (NICL-SMO).

Samples are available to any qualified investigator, but NSF-funded investigators may be given priority to certain core sections.

Investigators must complete the SAMPLE REQUEST/FACILITY USE FORM and email it to NICL-SMO at least four weeks in advance of their proposal submission deadline if the investigator plans to:

request samples from the NICL ice core archive; or
collect a new ice core and store it (even just temporarily) at NICL; or
use the NICL facility for core processing or for other laboratory work.


Contact details :

Program Coordinator, National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program and National Capabilities
U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046, Mail Stop 975
Denver, CO 80225
Phone: (303) 202-4828