Polar Ice Coring Office Records 1979-1995

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Polar Ice Coring Office Records 1979-1995

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This record group contains correspondence, subject files, project files, reports, and financial records generated from the operations of the Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO) while it was located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1988-1995 as well as several records from the previous host of PICO, the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives

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Greenland Ice Sheet Program

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University of Alaska Fairbanks. Polar Ice Coring Office.

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In 1973, the National Science Foundation identified the need for the coordination of its activities related to ice core drilling in polar and high-altitude localities. It awarded a contract to University of Nebraska-Lincoln, creating the Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO) in 1974, to manage all operational and logistic planning; development, procurement, and operation of ice core drilling equipment; and the overall coordination of activities associated with ice core drilling. In 1988, t...