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Improved ice removal patent

Dr. Emily Asenath-Smith displays an ice laminate grown on a surface using her patented invention, “Vertical draw system and method for surface...

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New cold weather facilities

Olivier Montmayeur, a research mechanical engineer at U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Cold Regions Research and Engineering...

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National OHWM Data Sheet

The National Technical Committee for Ordinary High Watermarks (OHWM), made up of researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development...

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Testing new oil cleanup method

Kate Trubac, a Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory research general engineer, oversees an in-situ burn experiment conducted with the...

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Mapping at the speed of light

A unique team of experts uses Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to scan areas to create incredibly detailed maps of them.

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About CRREL

The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory is solving challenges in all climates, particularly Earth’s coldest regions.

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At ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), we’re developing innovative solutions for science and engineering challenges in extreme environments. Learn about what we do and how you can join us.

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ERDC-CRREL scientists install sensor-laden buoys in one of the planet’s “hardest places” to reach
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center
Oct. 25, 2024 | 3:07
An arduous, three-week mission recently took a team of scientists and technicians from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory to the outer reaches of earthbound travel, all in an effort to help NASA better understand Arctic sea ice melting.

As part of NASA's ARCSIX research program, Dr. Chris Polashenski, Tricia Nelsen and Roy Hessner engineered and deployed specially modified, sensor-laden buoys into the Arctic Ocean north of Canada and Greenland near the North Pole.

Since their successful deployment, the buoys have continued to drift with the ice while reporting data, which the public can access in real time at cryosphereinnovation.com/data. The autonomous sites are now the foundation of NASA’s ongoing airborne sea ice observing campaign that is conducting regular overflights of the buoys out of Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland.
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CRREL teams up with special forces to test autonomous technology in Norway
4/28/2025
The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and Norwegian Special Operations Command hosted a joint Technical Experimentation (TE) this past winter at Camp Rødsmoen in Rena, Norway, giving...
CRREL researchers test equipment at home of “World’s Worst Weather”
3/17/2025
Members of CRREL’s mobility team and executive leadership recently spent the day at the Mount Washington Observatory on the mountain’s summit. While there, they learned about the observatory’s...
ERDC’s Environmental Lab publishes first-of-its-kind National Ordinary High Water Mark manual
3/10/2025
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently published a groundbreaking technical guide geared toward identifying Ordinary High Water Marks...
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