Workshop to Define a Technology Roadmap for the Exploration and Sampling of Lake Vostok

该奖项是为了支持一个研讨会，以确定一个技术路线图，以便在南极洲东部沃斯托克湖的冰下进行勘探和采样。具体而言，目标将是确定采样湖水和沉积物的技术障碍，并向国家科学基金会建议一项技术发展计划，以克服这些障碍。为了实现这些目标，研讨会参与者将(1)在未来勘探活动的科学目标背景下评估当前最先进的水下勘探能力；(2)确定为实现科学目标而需要开发的关键但可行的技术；(3)在科学和技术界之间就探索冰下湖泊的重要问题展开持续的对话。本次研讨会将汇集代表科学、水下技术和地球保护/污染三个领域的精选参与者。讲习班的结构将包括（所有三个社区）准备好的发言、小组讨论和非正式讨论。讲习班的成果将是一份报告，记录讲习班的主要发现，特别是在沃斯托克湖和其他冰下湖泊开展未来科学所需的技术路线图。

This award is for support of a workshop to define a technology roadmap that will enable exploration and sampling under the ice of Lake Vostok in East Antarctica. In particular, the goals will be to identify the technological barriers to sampling the water and sediment of the lake, and to recommend to NSF a technology development plan to overcome these barriers. To achieve these goals, the workshop participants will (1) assess the current state-of-the-art in underwater exploration capabilities in the context of the science goals for future exploration activities; (2) identify critical yet feasible technologies that need to be developed in order to enable the science objectives; and (3) begin a continuing dialog between the science and technology communities over issues of importance to the exploration of subglacial lakes. This workshop will bring together a select group of participants representing the three communities of science, underwater technology and planetary protection/contamination. The workshop will be structured to include prepared presentations (by all three communities), panel discussions and informal discussions. The product of the workshop will be a report documenting the key findings of the workshop, and in particular the technology roadmap required to enable future science in Lake Vostok and other subglacial lakes.