10.1594/PANGAEA.992419Painer, FlorianFlorianPainerAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenEberhard Karls Universität TübingenDrury, Martyn RMartyn RDrury0000-0002-2246-2009Utrecht UniversityHamers, Maartje FMaartje FHamersUtrecht UniversityWeikusat, IlkaIlkaWeikusat0000-0002-3023-6036Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, BremerhavenPANGAEA2026air hydratesCryo-SEMEDMLEGRIPIce coreEvent labelSample code/labelDATE/TIMETemperature, technicalImageImage (File Size)CommentEPICA drillIce drillEPICA-CampaignsKohnen Station2023-10-10T15:30:00/2024-05-02T16:01:00Dataset10.3189/17275650678182864710.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03471.x870 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalIn the deeper part of polar ice sheets, air hydrates are the primary air inclusions. They trap most of the ancient air molecules used for paleoclimatic reconstructions in their crystal structure. This dataset presents Cryogenic Scanning Electron Microscopy (Cryo-SEM) images of air hydrates included in samples from the East Greenland Ice Core Project (EGRIP) and EPICA Dronning Maud Land (EDML) ice cores. The images were taken by Florian Painer, Martyn Drury and Maartje Hamers at the University of Utrecht. The aim was to investigate the microstructure of air hydates with sub-µm resolution. We thank Eric Hellebrand and Erik Betz-Güttner for their support in operating the Cryo-SEM. Access to the Cryo-SEM at MINT-UU (Utrecht University) was provided by EPOS-NL Facility Access, supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).-35.980.0684-75.002575.63GreenlandHorizon 2020https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601955750Research and training network on understanding Deep icE corE Proxies to Infer past antarctiC climatE dynamics (DEEPICE)