Development of the JARE deep ice coring system (II)

• Main Authors: Hideki Narita, Yoshiyuki Fujii, Akiyoshi Takahashi, Yoichi Tanaka, Hideaki Motoyama, Kunio Shinbori, Morihiro Miyahara, Nobuhiko Azuma, Yoshiki Nakayama, Okitsugu Watanabe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1995
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Greenland; Dome Fuji; Queen Maud Land; Dome Fuji Station; GRIP; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00008891; https://doaj.org/article/a1c9e89bb9a84d5f9d1d4dc55f5d64bc

A deep ice coring system, which is to be used at Dome Fuji Station located at the summit of the Queen Maud Land ice sheet in 1995 and 1996,has been under development since 1988. The mechanical system was designed to reduce power consumption and weight. Many experiments were carried out on parts of t...