ICRC has modern facilities and instruments for ice core analysis.
Low-temperature room facilities.
Please visit the
website of the NIPR (Low temperature room facilities). Facilities for research activities in the temperature range of polar regions and facilities for sample storage are provided.
Facilities and instruments for ice core analysis A detailed list of the items below is provided on the Japanese web page. (Use the translation function of your web browser.)
Low-temperature freezersWe have three freezers for research activities involving temperatures down to -153°C.
Instruments for cutting and microtoming We have band saws and microtomes for cutting and making flat surfaces on ice core samples.
Instruments related to physics-based analysis The ICRC has both standard and cutting-edge instruments, including electrical profiling techniques such as electrical conductivity measurements (ECM), AC-ECM, and dielectric profiling (DEP) devices.
Technologies to investigate micro-structures Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and 3D micro CT devices.
Basic infrastructure for a chemical laboratory Clean rooms and facilities to produce distilled and deionized water, and balances.
Instruments for chemical analysis Instruments to measure ions, water isotopes, dust, and so on.
Instruments to measure atmospheric components
Resources for ice drilling and borehole logging
Drills for shallow (200 m) ice cores Drills for middle range depth (500 m) ice cores Generators Hand augers
