6th International Ice Drilling Technology Workshop

该奖项为举办下一届冰钻取芯实体国际会议提供了支持。这是自1974年以来不定期举办的系列研讨会的第六次。1993年和2000年举行的最后两次讲习班都在日本主办。在2004年3月举行的国际冰芯科学伙伴关系（IPICS）第一次会议上，确认下一届研讨会将在美国举行。本提案涉及这一决定。2006年召开的冰钻技术国际研讨会恰逢其时，因为自2000年上次研讨会以来，已经成功完成了数量空前的深钻项目，并且在此期间成功完成了大量浅层和中深岩心开采活动。冰取芯技术目前处于快速发展的状态，这是由于在最近的许多深钻项目中获得的经验，美国新深钻系统的规划和发展，以及对新的科学活动的要求，这些活动正在推动已知的、已证明的钻探能力的极限。本次研讨会将为目前从事冰钻取芯活动的实体提供机会，分享最新项目的成果，并介绍他们在钻井作业期间遇到的现场挑战的解决方案。参与者还将通过相互学习计划中的活动和以前从未尝试过的新活动（例如冰下湖钻探）所带来的未来挑战而受益。讲习班的更广泛影响包括，钻探界有机会继续讨论共同和合作的活动，以便有效地向全世界转让新技术，并寻求新的联合或共同活动的机会，这些活动可能导致对该领域最佳技术的扩散采取更全球性的办法。

This award provides support to hold the next international meeting of ice drilling and coring entities. This workshop is the 6th in a series extending back to 1974 that are held at irregular intervals. The last two workshops, held, in 1993 and 2000, were hosted in Japan. At the first meeting of the International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS), held in March of 2004, it was verified that the next workshop would be held in the United States. This proposal addresses that decision. An international workshop on ice-drilling technology in 2006 is particularly well timed due to the unprecedented number of successful deep-drilling projects that have been completed since the time of the last workshop in 2000, and the proliferation of shallow and medium-depth core recovery activities that have also been concluded successfully during this time. Ice coring technologies are currently in a state of rapid evolution due to the experience gained in the numerous recent deep drilling programs, the planning and development of a new deep-capacity drill system in the United States, and the requirements for new science activities that are pushing the limits of known, demonstrated drilling capabilities. This workshop will provide the opportunity for entities currently engaged in ice drilling and coring activities to share the results of the most recent projects and present their solutions to challenges encountered in the field during drilling operations. Participants will also benefit by learning from each other about planned activities and future challenges that will result from new activities that have never been attempted before (e.g. subglacial lake drilling). The broader impacts of the workshop involve the opportunity for the drilling community to continue discussions on shared and collaborative activities that will permit the effective transfer of new technologies to the world-wide community and to seek opportunities for new joint or shared activities that will potentially lead to a more global approach to the proliferation of best technologies in this field.