NEED FOR A NEW US DEEP ICE-CORING DRILL

• Main Authors: Er J. Shturmakov, Donald A. Lebar, William P. Mason, Charles R. Bentley
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide Ice Core Project; Antarctic; Greenland; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Coring and Drilling Services; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.634.3604; http://www.igsoc.org/annals/47/a47a022.pdf

ABSTRACT. The Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) drill, developed by Ice Coring and Drilling Services (ICDS) under contract with the US National Science Foundation, is an electromechanical drill designed to take 122mm diameter ice cores to depths of 4000m. The conceptual design of the DISC drill was developed in 2002/03 based on science requirements written by K. Taylor and the United States ice-coring community and on engineering performance objectives. Detailed design of the drill began in June 2003. Special attention was paid to building safety into the design and operation of the drill system. The drill was designed and manufactured by a team of engineers and technicians from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and various subcontractors with assistance from the science community, the European ice-drilling community and polar logistical support organizations. ICDS successfully tested the drill in Greenland in 2006 and will continue its development to meet the science objectives of the West