Deep Drilling at Base Roi Baudouin, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Tongiorgi, E., Picciotto, E., Breuck, W. de, Norling, T., Giot, J., Pantanetti, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1962
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Little America; Roi Baudouin; Little America V; Maudheim; Antarc*; Antarctica; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000018244; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000018244

Abstract A drilling operation and core investigations at Base Roi. Baudouin (lat. 70° 25′ 5″ S., long. 24° 18′ 38″ E.) in January 1961 are discussed. The drilling, undertaken with light equipment, attained a depth of 115.72 m. From the start serious difficulties were encountered so that it was decid...