WISSARD at Subglacial Lake Whillans, West Antarctica: scientific operations and initial observations

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Tulaczyk, Slawek, Mikucki, Jill A., Siegfried, Matthew R., Priscu, John C., Barcheck, C. Grace, Beem, Lucas H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Physical geography; Antarctic glaciology; Geomorphology; Antarctic; West Antarctica; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/8918; https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG65A009

A clean hot-water drill was used to gain access to Subglacial Lake Whillans (SLW) in late January 2013 as part of the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project. Over 3 days, we deployed an array of scientific tools through the SLW borehole: a downhole camera, a conduc...