RADAR INVESTIGATIONS HAVE REVEALED THAT CARBON DIOXIDE ICE DEPOSITS EXIST AT THE SOUTH POLAR LAYERED DEPOSITS (SPLD) OF MARS. THE CO2 IS SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE UNITS EACH MADE UP OF TWO OR THREE LAYERS SEPARATED BY WATER ICE BOUNDING LAYERS. THEY MEASURE UP TO 1 KM THICK AND ARE COVERED BY THIN LAYERS OF WATER AND CO2. MEASUREMENTS OF SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY ALONG WITH SURFACE FEATURES THAT RESEMBLE CREVASSES SUPPORT THE INTERPRETATION THAT THESE DEPOSITS HAVE UNDERGONE OR CURRENTLY UNDERGO VISCOUS FLOW IN THE FORM OF DRY ICE GLACIERS. GLACIAL MODELING IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO CONSTRAIN FLOW RATES BASAL FRICTION GEOTHERMAL FLUX AND MORE (POTENTIALLY DEPOSITIONAL AND THUS CLIMATIC HISTORY) BUT THE CURRENT STATE OF THE LITERATURE DOES NOT PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INPUTS FOR CO2 ICE RHEOLOGY OR FOR THE PHYSICAL STATE OF THE GLACIERS THEMSELVES ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE BOUNDING LAYERS. IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY MODEL THE GLACIERS IN 3D THOSE MEASUREMENTS MUST BE MADE. SCIENTIFIC GOALS: WE AIM TO BETTER CONSTRAIN THE FLOW OF CO2 ICE IN MARTIAN CONDITIONS WITH LABORATORY STUDIES OF CO2 ICE RHEOLOGY. THE EVENTUAL AIM IS TO DETERMINE WHEN THE ICE FLOWED AND FOR HOW LONG. THIS IN TURN WILL HELP CONSTRAIN THE PERIODS OF DEPOSITION OF CO2 ICE REVEALING IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE RECENT CLIMATIC HISTORY OF MARS.