Norwegian-U.S. Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica

• Investigate climate variability in Dronning Maud Land of East Antarctica on time scales of years to a thousand years.
• Establish spatial and temporal variability in snow accumulation over this area of Antarctica to understand its impact on sea level.
• Investigate the impact of atmospheric and oceanic variability on the chemical composition of firn and ice in the region.
• Revisit areas and sites first explored by traverses in the 1960s, for detection of possible changes and to establish benchmark data sets for future research efforts.