If you are preparing a NSF proposal that includes any kind of support from IDP, you must include a Letter of Support from IDP in the proposal. See Requesting Field Support for more information.
The following equipment is available for community use. For questions regarding any of the equipment listed below, contact Kristina Slawny at 608.263.6178 and/or kristina.slawny at wisc.edu.
A small lightweight, portable drill system designed to take core from firn, but will also work in many kinds of solid ice. Read more...
A small lightweight, portable drill system designed to take core from firn, but will also work in many kinds of solid ice. Read more...
A small portable drill system designed to take core from firn, but will also work in many kinds of solid ice Read more...
A modified hand auger that includes a stationary outer barrel to allow operation in solid ice as well as firn. Retrieves cores 98 mm (3.9-inches) in diameter to depths of 30 meters (w/ Sidewinder). Read more...
A drive/lifting system used in conjunction with hand augers to extend the maximum practical depth of coring with a hand auger to about 30 meters. Read more...
A cable-suspended electromechanical drill that retrieves cores 104 mm (4-inches) in diameter down to approximately 400 meters depth. Read more...
This will be an ice coring drill capable of obtaining ice cores up to 700 m depth and agile enough for use in regions with limited logistics. Read more...
The Blue Ice Drill is capable of retrieving large-diameter cores of 241 mm (9½-inch) in diameter. Read more...
The Chipmunk Drill is a hand-held, motor driven drill that collects 41 mm (1.6-inch) diameter cores in solid ice. Read more...
The Eclipse drill is an electromechanical drill that takes 81 mm (3.2-inch) diameter cores up to 300 meters depth. Read more...
This drill melts an annulus around the core. It supplements the 4-Inch Drills and can be substituted for the 4-Inch sonde for use in ice warmer than about -10°C. Read more...
A lighter, more robust, more easily controlled, and more user-friendly version of the 4-Inch Drill, capable of recovering 98 mm diameter ice cores to ~400 meters depth. Read more...
A very lightweight system capable of collecting 57 mm (2-inch) diameter firn core down to 100-meters depth. Read more...
The Foro 1650 Drill (previously referred to as the Intermediate Depth Drill or IDD) is capable of producing 2-meter long cores 98 mm in diameter to depths of 1,650 meters. Read more...
The ASIG Drill is capable of drilling through 700 meters of ice, taking pieces of ice core along the way, and then recovering 5-6 meters of bedrock core. Read more...
An agile rock coring unit adapted by IDP for subglacial rock coring in blue ice areas. Using standard AW34 drill rod, the system has a depth capability of 120 meters. Read more...
Rapid Air Movement (RAM) Drill for the fast production of deep seismic shot holes approximately 100 mm in diameter to depths of 90 meters. Read more...
A 28 kW hot water drill useful for creating holes with very little initial water, for freeing instrument cables from ice, and for accessing equipment beneath ice. Read more...
These drills use hot water to create shallow holes in ice. Primary use is for producing shot holes for seismic work and shallow access holes. Read more...
The Deep Logging Winch is capable of logging boreholes 4000 meters deep and can operate at temperatures as low as -45° C. Read more...
The Ice Well facility is a resource available to the Ice Drilling Program team as well as NSF funded scientists. Read more...
The Intermediate Depth Logging Winch is capable of logging boreholes 1750 meters deep, can operate at temperatures as low as -45° C, and is transportable by Twin Otter. Read more...
Information to questions that usually get asked by the community prior to testing their equipment in the IDP-Wisconsin Pressure Vessel. Read more...
This device straps to the protruding casing of a borehole allowing a sheave to extend up above the borehole with no need for any kind of tripod or crane. Read more...
The USGS Deep Logging Winch is capable of logging boreholes 4400 meters deep and can operate at temperatures as low as -45° C. Read more...
The tent is comprised of inflatable air beams, removable sides, and red coloring along the beams for visibility in poor weather conditions and easy identification by aircraft. Read more...
IDP designed and fabricated a simpler, lighter weight ramp for safer and easier loading and unloading of cargo at polar field sites. Read more...
The Mast Anchored, Suspended & Tensioned (MAST) Tents can currently be used with the BID and Foro 400 systems, as well as the new 700 Drill. Read more...
For projects where weather or project duration do not necessitate use of a drill tent, windscreens can help to shield operators and equipment from the wind. Read more...