1. Home
  2. Equipment
  3. Development

Development

The following equipment is either under active development or under consideration for development. For questions regarding any of the equipment listed below, contact Kristina Slawny at 608.263.6178 and/or kristina.slawny at wisc.edu. For information on how to request the use of any of the equipment shown below, see Requesting Field Support.

Active Development

A Multi-Power Products Ltd employee (foreground) demonstrates the BASE Drill to IDP engineer/driller Elliot Moravec (background). Credit: Jay Johnson.

BASE (Basal Access and Subglacial Exploration) Drill

This will be a rock coring unit adapted by IDP and optimized for retrieving rock cores from under 200 m of ice. Read more...

The conceptual design of the drill tent layout for the Foro 3000 Drill.

Foro 3000 Drill

Adaptation of existing Intermediate Depth Drill system to drill to 3,000 meters. The system minimizes logistical requirements and time on-site for deep ice coring. Read more...

Exterior view of the RAID system

Rapid Access Ice Drill

The Rapid Access Ice Drill (RAID) will drill a borehole through deep Antarctic ice, and core into the glacial bed and bedrock below. Read more...