The BAS ice shelf hot water drill: design, methods and tools

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Makinson, Keith, Anker, Paul G.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507364/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/507364/1/a68a030.pdf

The 2011/12 Antarctic field season saw the first use of a new British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ice-shelf hot-water drill system on the Larsen C and George VI ice shelves. Delivering 90 L min–1 at 80°C, a total of five holes >30cm in diameter at three locations were successfully drilled through almo...