Report of "Workshop on the Glaicological Technology in Polar Regions"

Abstract

A workshop on Glaciological Technology in Polar Regions was organized to discuss recent progress in glaciological technology, including observation and analytical methods. Several techniques, including those of other disciplines such as deep drilling of the oceanic floor, were introduced for the future development of glaciological observations. Electrical support for automatic data logging instruments is important in a remote area under the environment of extremely low temperature. Glaciological observations should be combined with information obtained from satellites. The discussion suggested that glaciologists would find it useful to develope and combine some techniques in order to understand glaciers more clearly. Some difficulties that should be overcome in the near future were also discussed.