RESULTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF 5G HOLE DRILLING AND THE FIRST TAPPING OF LAKE VOSTOK

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: N. Vasil’ev I., V. Lipenkov Ya., A. Dmitriev N., A. Podolyak V., V. Zubkov M., Н. Васильев И., В. Липенков Я., А. Дмитриев Н., А. Подоляк В., В. Зубков М.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: IGRAS 2015
• Subjects: borehole; deep drilling; drilling parameters; hydrofracturing; ice core; ice sheet; subglacial Lake Vostok; unsealing; вскрытие; гидроразрыв; глубокое бурение; ледниковый покров; ледяной керн; параметры процесса бурения; подледниковое озеро Восток; скважина; Greenland; Lake Vostok; Vostok Station; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arctic; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/202; https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2012-4-12-20

We present here a brief description of the drilling operations in the deep 5G hole at the Russian Vostok Station with more detailed account of the final stage of this long-term project successfully ended on February 5, 2012 with the first Lake Vostok unsealing. Relevant information on the borehole d...