Donald D. Blankenship, UTIG Research Scientist

Dr. Don Blankenship

Radar sounding near Dome C

Recent Field Work (.pdf)

  • Casey Station, Antarctica. Investigating the cryospheric evolution of the central Antarctic plate (ICECAP), Principal Investigator, January - February, 2009.
  • McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Investigating the cryospheric evolution of the central Antarctic plate (ICECAP), Principal Investigator, December, 2008 – January, 2009.
  • McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Airborne geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica (AGASEA), Co-Principal Investigator, November-December, 2004.
  • McMurdo Station and Ice Stream D, West Antarctica. Characterization of the Onset of Ice Stream Flow: A Ground Geophysical Program, Principal Investigator; Advanced Technology for Radar Sounding of Polar Ice (ATRS), Co-Principal Investigator; November-December 2001.
  • McMurdo Station, Antarctica. SOAR Field Program,Principal Investigator  November 1999 and January 2000.
  • South Pole Station, Antarctica.SOAR Field Program, Principal Investigator, November-December 1998.
  • Siple Dome, West Antarctica. SOAR Field Programs, Principal Investigator, November-December 1996 and November-December 1997.
  • Byrd Station, West Antarctica.  SOAR Field Programs, Principal Investigator, December 1994-February 1995 and December 1995-January 1996.