Design, transport, construction, and operation of the summer base Kohnen for ice-core drilling in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: C. Drucker, F. Wilhelms, H. Oerter, A. Frenzel, Gernandt, H./ Miller, H.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung/Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung/Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung/Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung/Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung/Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Dronning Maud Land; Neumayer; Kohnen; Antarc*; Antarctica; EPICA; ice core; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2453; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002453/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2453&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

During the austral summer seasons 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 the summer base "Kohnen" was built as a platform for the EPICA deep ice core drilling in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. The design is based on prefabricated container units. The base was erected within two summer seasons. Overland...