Scientific access into Mercer Subglacial Lake: Scientific objectives, drilling operations and initial observations

• Main Authors: Priscu, John C., Kalin, Jonas, Winans, John, Campbell, Timothy, Siegfried, Matthew R., Skidmore, Mark, Vick‐Majors, Trista J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic glaciology; basal ice; biogeochemistry; glacial sedimentology; subglacial lakes; Department of Biological Sciences; Biology; Antarctic; Mercer; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/15053; https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=34355&context=michigantech-p

The Subglacial Antarctic Lakes Scientific Access (SALSA) Project accessed Mercer Subglacial Lake using environmentally clean hot-water drilling to examine interactions among ice, water, sediment, rock, microbes and carbon reservoirs within the lake water column and underlying sediments. A ∼0.4 m dia...