Preliminary Inventory of the Bruce Koci Papers, 1957-2006 SPEC.PA.56.0153 Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2026-01-12T13:51-0500 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Bruce Koci Papers SPEC.PA.56.0153 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 6.0 Cubic feet 1957-2006 Bruce Raymond Koci (1943-2006) was an expert on ice drills and drilling ice in the polar regions who worked for the Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO). The Bruce Koci Papers consist of reports, research, publications, and presentations from Bruce Koci's career as an ice core drill engineer for PICO; some materials are on floppy disk or compact disc. Materials date from 1957-2006. (5) cartons English Koci, Bruce R. Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.

Acquisitions Information

Accession No. PA.2007.0019: Anne Guhman, 2007 October

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Bruce Koci Papers, SPEC.PA.56.0153, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains compact discs and floppy disks.

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This collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: Audrey Wimbiscus, 2025 December

Biographical Note

Bruce Raymond Koci (1943-2006) was an expert on ice drills and drilling ice in the polar regions. He earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and a masters degree in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Minnesota. Koci briefly worked as an aeronautical engineer before his love of the outdoors and travel led him to a career designing ice drills and working for the Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO). From 1977 to 1980, he was a member of the Ross Ice Shelf Project, a project to drill the first access hole through the Ross Ice Shelf. Koci often worked with climatologist Lonnie Thompson of the Ohio State University; over the course of 30 years, the two of them retrieved ice cores from some of the highest ice caps on Earth, preserving an important record of past climate. Koci is the inventor of the Koci Drill, an electromechanical, single barrel coring drill; he also created the ICECUBE hot water drill, which was used to construct the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detection Array (AMANDA) at the South Pole. The Koci Cliffs in Antarctica are named after him.

Scope and Contents

The Bruce Koci Papers consist of reports, research, publications, and presentations from Bruce Koci's career as an ice core drill engineer for the Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO); some materials are on floppy disk or compact disc. Materials date from 1957-2006.

Koci, Bruce R. Polar Ice Coring Office Compact discs Core drilling--Polar regions--20th century Core drilling--Polar regions--21st century Floppy disks Ice cores--Polar regions--20th century Ice cores--Polar regions--21st century Mechanical engineering--Polar regions--20th century Mechanical engineering--Polar regions--21st century Mechanical engineers--Polar regions--20th century Mechanical engineers--Polar regions--21st century Reports Accession No. PA.2007.0019 6.0 Cubic feet 1957-2006 (5) cartons Scope and Contents

Accession No. PA.2007.0019 consists of reports, research, publications, and presentations from Bruce Koci's career; some materials are on floppy disk or compact disc. Materials date from 1957-2006.

Access to Materials

Audiovisual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. The remainder of this collection is available for patron research, but may be used only in the University Archives reading room.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains floppy disks and compact discs.

PICO binder PA.2007.0019.001 1 undated Critical Design Review Package for the Enhancement Hot-water Drill System binder PA.2007.0019.001 2 undated Koci (Bruce) business cards PA.2007.0019.001 3 undated (7) Pictures, video, and Bruce Koci scanned photographs on compact discs PA.2007.0019.001 4 undated (2) Floppy disk drives PA.2007.0019.001 5 undated Himalaya, Nepal, and Ross Sea regions maps PA.2007.0019.001 6 undated Sierra Club Journal PA.2007.0019.001 7 undated A manual for technical presentations PA.2007.0019.001 8 undated Postcards PA.2007.0019.001 9 undated (2) Floppy disks PA.2007.0019.001 10 undated Bruce’s Drilling Talk, South Pole compact disc PA.2007.0019.001 11 2002 November 17 Lake Vostok Workshop notes PA.2007.0019.001 12 undated Journal PA.2007.0019.001 13 undated Graphs PA.2007.0019.001 14 undated Ice drilling copies PA.2007.0019.001 15 undated Ice Drilling of Technology binder PA.2007.0019.001 16 undated Participants Guide to the Antarctic program PA.2007.0019.001 17 undated AMANDA printed powerpoint PA.2007.0019.001 18 undated Drilling information PA.2007.0019.001 19 undated Ice Core Drilling and Research PA.2007.0019.001 20 undated Enhanced hot water drill system notes PA.2007.0019.001 21 undated Road map Lake Vostok PA.2007.0019.001 22 undated Ocean drilling PA.2007.0019.001 23 undated Rock drilling PA.2007.0019.001 24 undated Thermal Mechanical drills reports PA.2007.0019.001 25 undated Wind energy PA.2007.0019.001 26 undated Papers PA.2007.0019.002 1 undated Journals on glaciology photocopies PA.2007.0019.002 2 undated Instructions on using drill cores PA.2007.0019.002 3 undated Emails PA.2007.0019.002 4 2003 Proposals, plans, and projects PA.2007.0019.002 5 undated Gas turbine reference PA.2007.0019.002 6 undated Math Formulas about cosmic rays, energy sources, and experiments PA.2007.0019.002 7 undated Results of the AMANDA Telescope PA.2007.0019.002 8 undated Overviews of AMANDA Project PA.2007.0019.002 9 undated Articles about warm water drilling PA.2007.0019.002 10 undated Draft report on IPICS PA.2007.0019.002 11 undated Notes and sketches PA.2007.0019.002 12 undated Math computations and engineering sketches notebooks PA.2007.0019.002 13 undated CHINA Lonnie Thompson, Ohio State University field reports PA.2007.0019.002 14 undated Ice and ice cores containing Science magazine re-issues and a field report on 1987 Dunde Ice Cap, China Expedition by Lonnie G. Thompson and an American Scientist Magazine PA.2007.0019.002 15 1987 Buildings and planes photographs PA.2007.0019.002 16 undated Arctic pictures printed powerpoint PA.2007.0019.002 17 undated Summary of glaciological measurements made between 1960 and 1984 on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica PA.2007.0019.002 18-19 1984 November Charts, sections transparencies PA.2007.0019.002 20 undated Plans, blueprints engineering papers PA.2007.0019.002 21 undated Reports on EME from ice crack formation, preliminary observations and flow law hypotheses for ice sheet modeling PA.2007.0019.002 22 undated PICO Drill Instrumentation Design Report PA.2007.0019.002 23 undated Antifreeze Thermal Ice Core Drilling: An Effective Approach to the Acquistion of Ice Cores PA.2007.0019.002 24 undated Borehole logging PA.2007.0019.002 25 undated Fronts, Path, Spline PA.2007.0019.002 26 undated Research proposal from the Office of Polar programs PA.2007.0019.002 27 undated Drilling plans PA.2007.0019.002 28 undated Article on Koci’s Solar Drill Lincoln NC Power PA.2007.0019.002 29 undated Hot water drill summaries PA.2007.0019.002 30 undated A Siting Handbook for Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems PA.2007.0019.002 31 1980 Drilling reports PA.2007.0019.002 32 1980 Support packages PA.2007.0019.002 33 1980 Papers PA.2007.0019.003 1 undated Budget reports PA.2007.0019.003 2 undated Project summaries PA.2007.0019.003 3 undated Heating water manuals PA.2007.0019.003 4 undated Wotan Summary Hot-water drilling plan PA.2007.0019.003 5 undated Tubing manuals, applications text PA.2007.0019.003 6 undated Charts and readings PA.2007.0019.003 7 undated Government pamphlets PA.2007.0019.003 8 undated Science Magazine PA.2007.0019.003 9 undated Instruction guides on motors and electrical items PA.2007.0019.003 10 undated Drilling instructions PA.2007.0019.003 11 undated Environmental booklets PA.2007.0019.003 12 undated PICO Instruction Manuals for Drills PA.2007.0019.003 13 undated Journal of Glaciology PA.2007.0019.003 14 undated Draft on Drilling 200 meters PA.2007.0019.003 15 undated 3-d Computer renderings of engine parts PA.2007.0019.003 16 undated Math formula PA.2007.0019.003 17 undated "A fast mechanical-access drill for polar glaciology, paleoclimatology, geology, tectonics and biology” by Gray Clow and Bruce Koci PA.2007.0019.004 1 undated Strip charts PA.2007.0019.004 2 undated Printed powerpoint, email PA.2007.0019.004 3 undated Arctic photographs PA.2007.0019.004 4 undated Reports PA.2007.0019.004 5 undated Reports, drafts PA.2007.0019.004 6 undated ICDS Plan for Antarctic Field Operations: DISC Drill PA.2007.0019.004 7 undated Reports, charts PA.2007.0019.004 8 undated Preliminary Draft of A position Calibration of AMANDA-B holes 11-13 PA.2007.0019.004 9 1998 Core Drilling: A Technical Overview PA.2007.0019.004 10 1985 Ice Core Contributions to Global Change Research PA.2007.0019.004 11 1998 The Fourth International Polar Year 2007-2008 planning PA.2007.0019.004 12 2003-2006 The History of SALE PA.2007.0019.004 13 undated ICE CUBE PA.2007.0019.004 14 undated Science Magazine PA.2007.0019.004 15 undated Papers PA.2007.0019.004 16 undated New ice core drilling capabilities (PICO) PA.2007.0019.004 17 undated Consequences of a Local Coincidence for a Large Array in Ice PA.2007.0019.004 18 undated Ice Core Analytical system (PICO) PA.2007.0019.004 19 undated Reports on Hole and Bulk Ice PA.2007.0019.004 20 undated Printed powerpoint PA.2007.0019.004 21 undated The NASA/ Baker Hughes, Mars Drill Project: Arctic Testing PA.2007.0019.004 22 2004 Portable Drilling Equipment for Shallow Permafrost Sampling PA.2007.0019.004 23 1980 Sketches PA.2007.0019.004 24 undated Debriefing Disk Drill Greenland Test PA.2007.0019.004 25 2006 Cutter Geometry, Its Influence on Drilling and Core Quality PA.2007.0019.004 26 undated Emails, drilling reports PA.2007.0019.004 27 undated Bruce charts PA.2007.0019.004 28 undated Operation Deep Freeze III Task Force 43 book PA.2007.0019.004 29 1957-1958 U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer Bulletin PA.2007.0019.004 30 1965 (3) notebooks PA.2007.0019.004 31 undated Climate/Global Warming, Science magazine, reports PA.2007.0019.004 32 undated Sketches and PICO information PA.2007.0019.004 33 undated AMANDA Summary PA.2007.0019.004 34 1996 March 28 Science magazine PA.2007.0019.004 35 undated Water well reports PA.2007.0019.004 36 undated Glaciers PA.2007.0019.004 37 undated Science clathrates information PA.2007.0019.004 38 undated Correspondence: General PA.2007.0019.004 39 undated Ocean Drilling Overview PA.2007.0019.005 1 undated Wiring and pipe brochures PA.2007.0019.005 2 undated Email Copies PA.2007.0019.005 4 2002 Written and Hand-drawn sketches PA.2007.0019.005 3 undated Abstracts concerning AMANDA PA.2007.0019.005 5 undated Design report for the hot-water drill system PA.2007.0019.005 6 undated Ice Cube string development PA.2007.0019.005 7 undated The Geologic Record of Climate Change, Thomas J. Crowley PA.2007.0019.005 8 1983 May Solar energy books, brochures PA.2007.0019.005 9 undated Photograph PA.2007.0019.005 10 undated Final Report on the AMANDA project PA.2007.0019.005 11 1996-1997 Patents PA.2007.0019.005 12 undated Newspaper clippings on climate change PA.2007.0019.005 13 undated PICO Documents and Assembling Plans PA.2007.0019.005 14 undated 35% Design Report for the Hot-Water Drill System PA.2007.0019.005 15 undated Ice Cube Project Drilling Fuel Prediction PA.2007.0019.005 16 2002 ICDS Situation Reports PA.2007.0019.005 17 undated Analysis of the use of solar concentrations in hot water drilling PA.2007.0019.005 18 undated Sea Box INC Ice Coring and Drilling Services, EHWD Mobile Drilling Structures PA.2007.0019.005 19 undated Precision Power LLC Engineering portfolio folder PA.2007.0019.005 20 undated Emails PA.2007.0019.005 21 2002 Line charts PA.2007.0019.005 22 undated Snow PA.2007.0019.005 23 undated AMANDA-1: A Cosmic-Ray Detector at the South Pole PA.2007.0019.005 24 1995 AMANDA summary by Bruce Koci PA.2007.0019.005 25 1996 March 28 AMANDA, South Pole, Drilling report PA.2007.0019.005 26 1993-1994