During the Sino-American Expedition to Mount Qomolangma in May 1997, an ice core, 41 m in length, was recovered at the elevation of 6 500 m from the northern firn basin of the Far East Rongbuk Glacier in the Mount Qomolangma. The ice core was dated down to 1814 by means of counting δ18O and major ion concentration peaks and referring β activity years (1954 and 1963). The average annual accumulation rate is calculated to be 224 mm/ a (ice equivalent). This paper focuses on the variation of δ18O in the ice c...