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Decommissioned Equipment

In instances where substantial operational or technical issues are identified with equipment or where components have aged beyond their useful life or been replaced by newer technology in the IDP equipment inventory, IDP seeks NSF approval to decommission and retire the equipment. The following equipment has been decommissioned.

The 2-Inch Drill in Antarctica during one of the field seasons of the U.S. ITASE science program.

2-Inch Drill

(Decommissioned) The 2-Inch Drill system was developed for rapid, near-surface core collection for use on the U.S. ITASE project. Read more...

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Deep Ice Sheet Coring Drill

(Decommissioning in progress) The DISC Drill is an electromechanical drill system capable of cutting and retrieving cores of ice 122 mm (4.8 inches) in diameter to depths of 4,000 meters. Read more...

The Koci Drill at Beacon Valley, Antarctica, during the 2008-2009 field season.

Koci Drill

(Decommissioned) A single-barrel coring drill for drilling ice containing limited amounts of sand, silt and very small sedimentary rocks. Read more...

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Replicate Coring

(Decommissioning in progress) The Replicate Ice Coring System collects additional ice at depths of interest by deploying into an existing borehole and then deviating from it. Read more...