Abstract:

Dome A， the highest ice divide in East Antarctic Ice Sheet，is considered a likely place for understanding the evolution and stability of Antarctic Ice Sheet, and finding an ice core with climate record reaching back to one million years. Here, we collect the information derived from studies of glaciology in Dome A, and incorporate the documents for finding the oldest ice core from International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS) . As a result, the meteorology, landform, ice thickness, subglacial topography, ice velocity, internal structure and other environmental information at Dome A, are summarized. In addition, the new glaciological progress and the future development of deep-ice-core drilling plan in the Dome A area also are discussed.

Key words: East Antarctic Ice Sheet, Dome A, glaciology, deep ice core