Technical innovations and optimizations for intermediate ice-core drilling operations

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Triest, Jack, Mulvaney, Robert, Alemany, Olivier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Berkner Island; Fletcher Promontory; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey; ice core; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509216/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/509216/1/a68a049.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3189/2014AoG68A049

The British Antarctic Survey, in collaboration with Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, has in recent years successfully drilled to bedrock on three remote sites around the Antarctic Peninsula. Based on the experience from the multi-season project at Berkner Island (948m de...