Year 1 (2007)

• Route selection using remote sensing analysis
• Develop coring and surficial sampling protocol
• Begin chemical analyses of existing NPI core
• NPI atmospheric sampling continues
• Maudheim AWS installation and firn temperature analyses
• Drone testing, establish fuel cache (Troll Station)
• Locate and analyze historical data from region
• Traverse planning meeting (in New Hampshire in June)
• Education & outreach activities

Year 2 (2007-2008)

• Traverse from Troll Station to South Pole Station
• Collect intermediate and shallow cores
• Core processing at NICL
• Air-snow exchange modeling
• NPI atmospheric sampling continues
• Submit data to project archive
• Traverse planning meeting (location TBD)
• Publication of initial results (AGU, EGU)
• Education and outreach activities
  

Year 3 (2008-2009)

• Traverse from South Pole Station to Troll Station
• Collect intermediate and shallow cores
• Core processing
• Chemical analyses on core, surficial samples
• Air-snow exchange modeling
• NPI atmospheric sampling continues
• Traverse data/scientific meetings
• Submit data to project archive
• Education and outreach activities
• Presentation and publication of results

Year 4 (2009-2010)

• Chemical analyses on core, surficial samples
• Air-snow exchange modeling
• Traverse data/scientific meetings (AGU, EGU, New Hampshire, or Tromsø )
• Synthesis of modeling, chemical analyses
• Submit data to project archive, NSIDC
• Education and outreach activities
• Presentation and publication of results