View fullsize COLDEX scientist Fairuz Ishraque prepares an ice core sample using a microtome. Photo by Jayme Collins, Blue Lab Media View fullsize COLDEX scientist Julia Marks-Peterson retrieves an ice core from its storage tube to saw it into smaller pieces for geochemical analysis. Photo by Jayme Collins, Blue Lab Media View fullsize COLDEX scientist Fairuz Ishraque planes and ice core slab in preparation for hyperspectral imaging. Photo by Jayme Collins, Blue Lab Media View fullsize COLDEX 2024 CPL group photo. Image by Jayme Collins, Blue Lab Media The view from a C-17 flying from New Zealand to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Photo by Peter Neff McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Photo by Peter Neff Left: lab-made ice. Right: glacier ice. Photo by Peter Neff Ice core storage at NSF Ice Core Facility in Denver. Photo by Peter Neff Cut plan for ice cores from Allan Hills. Photo by Peter Neff Cut section of very old ice from Allan Hills, at the NSF Ice Core Facility in Denver. Photo by Peter Neff Cutting Allan Hills ice cores at NSF Ice Core Facility. Photo by Peter Neff Cutting Allan Hills ice cores at NSF Ice Core Facility. Photo by Peter Neff Panoramic photo of Allan Hills, Antarctica. Photo by Austin Carter (click to see full image) Allan Hills camp 2019, Antarctica. Photo by Austin Carter Ice core drilling at Allan Hills 2019. Photo by Austin Carter Ice core drilling tent at Allan Hills 2019. Photo by Austin Carter View fullsize Blue ice at Allan Hills. Photo by Jenna Epifanio View fullsize Blue ice at Allan Hills. Photo by Jenna Epifanio View fullsize Blue ice at Allan Hills. Photo by Jenna Epifanio A windy day at Allan Hills. December 2022. Photo by Peter Neff The Allan Hills 2022 Ice Coring Team. Photo by Peter Neff Driller Elizabeth "E" Morton, Princeton postdoc Sarah Shackleton, and driller Michael Jayred, Allan Hills, December 2022. Photo by Peter Neff Jacob Morgan, Julia Marks-Peterson, Yuzhen Yan, and Peter Neff after digging dense snowdrift from around the Foro drill site at Allan Hills. December 2022. Photo by Peter Neff Unloading a US Ice Drilling Program winch crate from a Kenn Borek Basler at Allan Hills, Antarctica. December 2022. Photo by Peter Neff Kenn Borek Basler MKB out at Willy Field, Antarctica with VHF radar antennas now mounted on wings. December 2022. Photo by Peter Neff Setting up the Blue Ice Drill. Allan Hills, December 2022. Photo by Peter Neff Raising the drilling tower for the Blue Ice Drill. Allan Hills, December 2022. Photo by Peter Neff View fullsize Tent at Allan Hills site, 2022-2023. Photo by Austin Carter Ice close-up at Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Austin Carter Blue Ice at Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Austin Carter More Blue Ice at Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Austin Carter Even More Blue Ice at Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Austin Carter Blue Ice Drill Tent at Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Austin Carter Blue Ice Drill Tent at Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Austin Carter Rock, Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Austin Carter Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson Camp at Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson Close-up image of ice at Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson People walking across ice field at Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson Raising the Foro Drill, Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson Rocks on the ice at Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson Snowmobiles on the ice field at Allan Hills, 2022-2023. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson Snowstorm in Allan Hills, 2022-23. Photo by Julia Marks Peterson