| Acronym | Definition |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| CARE | Connecting Arctic/Antarctic Researchers and Educators |
| DISC | Deep Ice Sheet Coring |
| EGU | European Geosciences Union |
| GISP2 | Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 |
| GRIP | Greenland Ice Core Project |
| ICDS | Ice Coring and Drilling Services |
| ICWG | Ice Core Working Group |
| IDDO | Ice Drilling Design and Operations group |
| IDPO | Ice Drilling Program Office |
| IGERT | Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPICS | International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences |
| IPY | International Polar Year |
| ITASE | International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NEEM | North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association |
| North GRIP | North Greenland Ice Core Project |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| PAGES | Past Global Changes |
| REU | Research Experiences for Undergraduates |
| SAB | Senior Advisory Board |
| TAB | Technical Advisory Board |
| UNH | University of New Hampshire |
| UW | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| WAIS | West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
