Operation and Maintenance of the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory

该奖项是为了支持美国国家冰芯实验室（以下简称“NICL”）的运营和维护，这是一个政府拥有的设施，用于储存、管理和研究从世界冰雪覆盖地区回收的冰芯。NICL为NSF和usgs资助的研究人员提供了对冰芯进行检查和测量的能力，同时在安全的环境中保持这些冰芯的完整性。NICL通过处理对获取冰芯样本感兴趣的科学家的询问，通过电子分发使库存清单易于获得，通过作为科学界的信息资源，以及根据其客户群的需求和要求改进现有的冰芯分析技术，促进这些冰芯在科学研究中的利用。NICL位于科罗拉多州莱克伍德的丹佛联邦中心，在行政上隶属于美国地质勘探局中央区域地质学家地质部门办公室。

This award is for support for the operations and maintenance of the U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory, hereinafter called "NICL" a government-owned facility for storing, curating, and studying ice cores recovered from the ice-covered regions of the world. NICL provides NSF- and USGS-funded investigators with the capability to conduct examinations and measurements of ice cores while preserving the integrity of these cores in a safeguarded environment. NICL fosters the utilization of these cores for scientific research by handling inquiries from scientists interested in obtaining samples of ice cores, by making inventory listings easily available through electronic distribution, by acting as an information resource to the scientific community and by improving current technologies for ice core analysis in accordance with the needs and requirements of their client base. NICL is located at the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, Colorado and is housed administratively within the USGS Office of the Central Regional Geologist, Geologic Division.