As a cooperative research project there are numerous universities, organizations, and individuals involved in bringing the science together.  Many of those groups are listed here.  Other links connect to sites related to polar research, exploration, weather, etc.

Universities & Research Institutes of US-ITASE - primarily those involved in the field research.

• Desert Research Institute
  • Dr. Joe McConnell - hydrogen peroxide, formaldehyde, and sub-annual snow accumulation
• NASA - Goddard
  • Dr. Christopher Shuman - stable isotope studies at West Antarctic ITASE sites
• Ohio State University
  • Dr. Ian Whillans - mass balance and accumulation rate along US- ITASE routes
• St. Olaf College - Center for Geophysical Studies of Ice & Climate
  • Dr. Robert W. Jacobel - radar studies of internal stratigraphy and bedrock topography
  • Brian Welch - Postdoctoral researcher
• US Army Corps of Engineers - Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory
  • Dr. Mary Albert - snow and firn microstructure and transport properties
  • Dr. Steven Arcone - high resolution radar profiling of the snow and ice stratigraphy, crevasse detection
  • Deb Meese, Tony Gow, Bruce Elder - the physical properties of the US ITASE ice cores
• University of Arizona
  • Dr. Roger Bales - hydrogen peroxide, formaldehyde, and sub-annual snow accumulation
  • Markus Frey - Ph.D. student
• University of Colorado - Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research
  • Dr. James White - stable isotope studies at West Antarctic ITASE sites
• University of Maine - Institute for Quaternary Studies
  • Dr. Paul Mayewski - director of US-ITASE, glaciochemistry & paleoclimatology
  • Dr. Gordon Hamilton - mass balance and accumulation rate, route selection & sampling strategy based on remote sensing data
  • Daniel Dixon, Susan Kaspari, V. Blue Spikes, Leigh Stearns - Ph.D. students
• University of Washington
  • Dr. Eric Steig - stable isotope studies at West Antarctic ITASE sites
  • David Schneider - Ph.D. student

Other US-ITASE Sites

• US-ITASE - official website of US-ITASE (at Univ. of Maine)
  • Daily Logs - descriptions of daily life during each of the field seasons.

Museums

• Boston Museum of Science - Secrets of the Ice exhibit about US-ITASE

Support Agencies & Logistics

• National Science Foundation - federal funding of the US-ITASE program
• Raytheon Polar Services Company - holds the current logistics contract for the US Antarctic Program

Weather Conditions in Antarctica

Conditions for McMurdo Station, Amundsen-Scott (South Pole) Station, Siple Dome (sometimes appears as U.WI ID 8900), and Vostok Station (Russia).>