Research projects

The Centre has worked on a number of different projects related to permafrost and ancient ice in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Coring ancient ice, Dry Valleys, Antarctica

For the past seven years at the Antarctic Research Centre, we have worked on a number of projects related to permafrost and ancient ice in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

This list includes recently completed projects and projects still in progress:

Temperature properties of Antarctic permafrost
Geochemistry and Petrology of Antarctic Permafrost: an analogue for Mars
Landform Modification by Meltwater from Cold-based Glaciers, Dry Valleys Antarctica
Dating of Antarctic Soils
Tracing the Origins of Dry Valley Granites
Origins of Ancient Ice in the Dry Valleys.