Mission
The Rapid Access Ice Drill (RAID) will penetrate the Antarctic ice sheets in order to core through deep ice, the glacial bed, and into bedrock below.
Objective
RAID will give the scientific community access to a richer record of change on a variety of timescales, from the billionĀ-year rock record to thousandĀ-year ice and climate histories.
RAID is supported by the National Science Foundation
Interested in scientific participation?
RAID will be operated as a scientific facility open to the U.S. Antarctic research community. Use of the drilling platform will be organized by collaborative research proposals to the NSF. If you are interested in participating in the science, please let us know.
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