Proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica
According to directions issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Russia to the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and St. Petersburg Mining Institute, a new project has been launched with the aim to develop technology for the ecologically safe in situ exploration of sub-glacial Lake...
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ftnipr:oai:nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002447 2023-05-15T13:48:00+02:00 Proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica S.R. Verkulich B.B. Kudryashov N.I. Barkov N.I. Vasiliev R.N. Vostretsov A.N. Dmitriev V.M. Zubkov A.V. Krasilev P.G. Talalay V.Ya. Lipenkov L.M. Savatyugin I.N. Kuz'mina 2002-03 https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2447 http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002447/ https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2447&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1 en eng Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2447 http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002447/ AA00733561 Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue, 56, 245-252(2002-03) https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2447&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1 Departmental Bulletin Paper P(論文) 2002 ftnipr 2022-11-12T19:43:14Z According to directions issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Russia to the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and St. Petersburg Mining Institute, a new project has been launched with the aim to develop technology for the ecologically safe in situ exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica). In this paper we propose our current approaches to accessing the lake and sampling its water using the deep Hole 5G-l at Vostok Station. It is proposed that by maintaining the hydrostatic pressure at the hole bottom slightly lower than pressure of the overburden ice it would be possible to allow lake water to enter the hole and to freeze in it at a certain distance from the bottom after the drill reaches the ice-lake water interface. Then the re-frozen ice in the bottom part of the hole could be cored again in order to obtain lake water samples. The new thermal drill TBPO-132 and drilling operations which are necessary for the proposed method realization, are described. Report Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Arctic Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research Polar Research National Institute of Polar Research Repository, Japan Antarctic Arctic Glacial Lake ENVELOPE(-129.463,-129.463,58.259,58.259) Lake Vostok ENVELOPE(106.000,106.000,-77.500,-77.500) Vostok Station ENVELOPE(106.837,106.837,-78.464,-78.464) |
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According to directions issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Russia to the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and St. Petersburg Mining Institute, a new project has been launched with the aim to develop technology for the ecologically safe in situ exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica). In this paper we propose our current approaches to accessing the lake and sampling its water using the deep Hole 5G-l at Vostok Station. It is proposed that by maintaining the hydrostatic pressure at the hole bottom slightly lower than pressure of the overburden ice it would be possible to allow lake water to enter the hole and to freeze in it at a certain distance from the bottom after the drill reaches the ice-lake water interface. Then the re-frozen ice in the bottom part of the hole could be cored again in order to obtain lake water samples. The new thermal drill TBPO-132 and drilling operations which are necessary for the proposed method realization, are described. |
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S.R. Verkulich B.B. Kudryashov N.I. Barkov N.I. Vasiliev R.N. Vostretsov A.N. Dmitriev V.M. Zubkov A.V. Krasilev P.G. Talalay V.Ya. Lipenkov L.M. Savatyugin I.N. Kuz'mina |
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S.R. Verkulich B.B. Kudryashov N.I. Barkov N.I. Vasiliev R.N. Vostretsov A.N. Dmitriev V.M. Zubkov A.V. Krasilev P.G. Talalay V.Ya. Lipenkov L.M. Savatyugin I.N. Kuz'mina Proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica |
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S.R. Verkulich B.B. Kudryashov N.I. Barkov N.I. Vasiliev R.N. Vostretsov A.N. Dmitriev V.M. Zubkov A.V. Krasilev P.G. Talalay V.Ya. Lipenkov L.M. Savatyugin I.N. Kuz'mina |
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Proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica |
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Proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica |
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Proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica |
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Proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica |
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Proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica |
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proposal for penetration and exploration of sub-glacial lake vostok, antarctica |
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Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/St. Petersburg Mining Institute/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
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ENVELOPE(-129.463,-129.463,58.259,58.259) ENVELOPE(106.000,106.000,-77.500,-77.500) ENVELOPE(106.837,106.837,-78.464,-78.464) |
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Antarctic Arctic Glacial Lake Lake Vostok Vostok Station |
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Antarctic Arctic Glacial Lake Lake Vostok Vostok Station |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Arctic Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research Polar Research |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Arctic Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research Polar Research |
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https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2447 http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002447/ AA00733561 Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. Special issue, 56, 245-252(2002-03) https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2447&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1 |
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