RABID: Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica: Hot-water drilling and downhole instrumentation. British Antarctic Survey Field Report, R/2004/S3 [BAS Archives Ref: AD6/2R/2004/S3]

• Main Author: Smith, A.M.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: British Antarctic Survey 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; West Antarctica; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528313/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528313/1/r_2004_s3.pdf

The main fieldwork for project AFI 1-05 (the RABID project) was carried out on Rutford Ice Stream in the 2004/05 field season. The biggest scientific task was to access the ice stream bed using a hot-water drill. This would enable a number of investigations within the bed and the ice. The project al...