6th International Ice Drilling Technology Workshop

该奖项为举办下一届国际冰钻和取心实体会议提供了支持。这次研讨会是1974年以来不定期举行的一系列研讨会中的第六个。上两次讲习班分别于1993年和2000年在日本举行。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，经核实，下一次讲习班将在美国举行。这项提案解决了这一决定。2006年举办冰钻技术国际讲习班的时机特别及时，因为自2000年上一次讲习班以来，成功完成的深井钻探项目数量空前之多，而且在此期间成功完成的浅层和中层岩心回收活动激增。冰芯取心技术目前正处于快速发展的状态，这是由于最近在许多深井钻探计划中获得的经验，美国新的深井能力钻探系统的规划和开发，以及对新的科学活动的要求，这些要求正在突破已知和已证明的钻探能力的极限。该讲习班将为目前从事冰钻和取心活动的实体提供机会，分享最新项目的成果，并介绍它们对钻探作业期间在实地遇到的挑战的解决办法。与会者还将受益于相互了解已规划的活动以及以前从未尝试过的新活动(例如，冰下湖泊钻探)将带来的未来挑战。研讨会的更广泛影响包括钻探界有机会继续讨论共享和合作活动，以便能够有效地将新技术转让给世界各地的社区，并寻求机会开展新的联合或共享活动，这可能会导致对该领域最佳技术的扩散采取更全球化的方法。

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.