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Agile Sub-Ice Geological Drill
IDP contract rock drill rig operator Richard Erickson operates the ASIG Drill during the 2023 field season for the GreenDrill project. Credit: Tanner Kuhl.
IDP drillers Clayton Armstrong (at left) and Mike Jayred (at right) operating the ASIG Drill at Pirrit Hills, Antarctica, during the 2016-2017 summer field season. Photo: Tanner Kuhl
ASIG Drill in operation at Pirrit Hills, Antarctica, during the 2016-2017 summer field season. Photo: Tanner Kuhl
A section of the 8-meters of rock core collected with the ASIG Drill at Pirrit Hills, Antarctica, during the 2016-2017 summer field season. Photo: Tanner Kuhl