BAS hot water drilling on Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Main Author: Keith Makinson
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council 1994
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; British Antarctic Survey; Ice Shelf; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2223; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002223/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2223&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has developed a hot water drilling system that was successfully used during the Antarctic summers of 1990/91 and 91/92 to penetrate ice 562m and 541m deep on Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The hot water drill currently incorporates 300kW of heating power with a water...