17 Apr 2020

Discovering the Mural in Permafrost

In the forests of Fox, Alaska, carved into a frozen hillside is a unique manmade 350-meter long research tunnel. Situated on a 16-acre parcel near the confluence of Goldstream and Glenn Creeks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility was excavated deep into a large block of discontinuous permafrost that has been going through several recent periods of expansion. The expansion project began back in 2011, taking advantage of the digging seasons when the ground is at its coldest, with an overall project goal of expanding the tunnel facility to better support ongoing and growing research and engineering needs. The most recent expansion effort, this year, has added 300-feet of new tunnel, improved 200 feet of the existing tunnel and added links between the old and new tunnel sections at several locations, to include at an interface between subsurface bedrock and overlying gravels.

13 Mar 2020

CRREL Site Visit

Students from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute program at Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, also located in Hanover, February 24, 2020. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute believes that regardless of age, learning never stops. This winter, they offered the course “Hot Topics at the Cold Regions Lab,” giving 46 students — made up of mostly retired professionals from a variety of backgrounds — the opportunity to hear from CRREL scientists and engineers about the type of work they do for laboratory and the ERDC.

25 Jul 2019

Corps Water Quality Committee visits Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

HANOVER, N.H. (July 18, 2019) – “It’s the first time the Corps’ Water Quality Committee has met at

27 Mar 2019

Corps researcher invents non-metallic improvised explosive device detector

 VICKSBURG, Miss. -- A simple scientific question by a fellow laboratory researcher led Research Physicist Dr. Benjamin Barrowes to invent the High Frequency Electromagnetic Induction instrument, now proving successful in detection tests of low and non-metallic improvised explosive devices known as Warfighter-threatening IEDs.

13 Feb 2019

Corps expert explains why Arctic matters

VICKSBURG, Miss. (Feb. 11, 2018) --When the “polar vortex” dipped down into the United States more

11 Dec 2018

Academic and industry partners collaborate at annual Materials Science Community of Practice Meeting

 VICKSBURG, Miss. (Dec. 11, 2018) – More than 75 participants — including researchers from five U.S.

8 Jun 2018

Survivability of ice stress on Arctic energy and communications pod tested

Working alongside the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory and Woods Hole

24 May 2018

RD18 promoted collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas

VICKSBURG, Miss. (May 15, 2018) -- RD18 ‟Where researchers come to meet” was a thriving marketplace

24 May 2018

Corps extends Permafrost Tunnel and Mission

HANOVER, N.H. (May 4, 2018) -- In Fox, Alaska, lies hidden a unique scientific treasure, the

24 May 2018

Army Corps chief knowledge officer receives Kent State University Award

KENT, Ohio (April 19, 2018)--Dr. Richard Detsch, chief knowledge officer and senior program analyst

11 Apr 2018

Weatherly named chief of Terrestrial and Cryospheric Sciences Branch

HANOVER, N.H. (April 3, 2018)—Dr. Joseph Corriveau, director of the Cold Regions Research and

2 Apr 2018

Research to enhance mechanical recovery of oil in Arctic conditions

HANOVER, N.H. (March 29, 2018) --Nathan Lamie recently led a demonstration of strategies to increase

2 Apr 2018

Cold Regions Lab wins Hanover snow wars

HANOVER, N.H. (March 29, 2018)--Recently, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s

30 Mar 2018

Kimball Union Academy visits Cold Regions Lab

HANOVER, N.H. (March 7, 2018) – Researchers Dr. Emily Asenath-Smith and Dr. Ben Barrowes shared

22 Jan 2018

Cold Regions Lab gains fitness area

A new fitness area for employees is now open at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering

12 Jan 2018

Exploring sea ice production in the Ross Sea

Julie Parno with the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire, participated in a two-month polar science cruise aboard the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program Polynyas, Ice Production and Seasonal Evolution in the Ross Sea. The objective of the science cruise was to observe the interaction between the air, sea and ice.

30 Nov 2017

Lab advances understanding of cold impacts on insulated pavements at Fort McCoy

HANOVER, N.H. (Nov. 28, 2017)--Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, is the site of an insulated pavements test

9 Nov 2017

Cold Regions Lab retires sea ice expert

HANOVER, N.H. (Oct. 27, 2017) -- Dr. Donald Perovich, an internationally recognized Arctic sea ice

25 Oct 2017

Predicting the Arctic sea ice, piece by piece

HANOVER, N.H. (Oct. 23, 2107) - Viewed from an airplane or a ship’s deck, Arctic sea ice can appear

19 Oct 2017

Improving mobility in cold weather operations

Mobility and maneuverability experts know that movements on the battlefield can be severely impacted