The Canadian Ice Core Lab (CICL)
The Canadian Ice Core Lab (CICL) at the University of Alberta is a center of cryosphere research and collaboration with a unique focus on studying climate records and environmental chemistry in Canadian high Arctic and alpine regions. Representing tens of thousands of years of climate records in 2 kilometers of ice, the CICL ice core archive represents invaluable potential for researchers around the world to answer critical climate change questions. Explore our state-of-the-art facility through the links in the sidebar.
Current Archive Status
| Total length of ice in the archive: | ~2 km |
| Oldest sample: | ~79,000 BCE |
| Youngest sample: | 2023 |
Contact CICL
Alison Criscitiello, CICL Director
Office Phone: 780-492-0867
E-mail: crisciti@ualberta.ca
Anne Myers, Ice Core Laboratory Manager
Office Phone: 780-492-0867
E-mail: almyers@ualberta.ca
Mailing Address
Canadian Ice Core Lab (CICL)
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
1-09 South Academic Building (SAB)
116th St & 85 Ave NW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2R3