Eclipse Drill

Drilling with the Eclipse Drill at Mount Waesche, West Antarctica, during the 2024/25 field season. Credit. Nels Iverson.

Drilling with the Eclipse Drill at Allan Hills, Antarctica. The borehole on the left was started during the 2023/24 field season. The borehole on the right, where the Eclipse Drill is positioned in the photo, was drilled during the 2024/25 field season. Credit: Andrew Haala.

Dr. Sarah Shackleton, Elizabeth Morton, and Mike Jayred inside the drill tent for the Eclipse Drill during the 2023/24 field season at Allan Hills, Antarctica. Credit: Peter Neff, COLDEX.

Eclipse Drill set-up for access hole drilling to bedrock at Winkie Nunatak in the Hudson Mountains, Antarctica, for the C-443 GHC project (PI Ryan Venturelli) during the 2022/23 field season. Credit: Elliot Moravec

Drilling tent and Eclipse Drill in operation at a snowy Allan Hills, Antarctica, during the 2015-2016 summer field season. Credit: Mike Waszkiewicz

The Eclipse Drill at Allan Hills, Antarctica, during the 2015-2016 summer field season. Credit: Yuzhan Yan

A solar and wind power system in use for Eclipse drilling in Denali National Park during the 2013 field season. Credit: Mike Waszkiewicz

Mike Waszkiewicz (left) and Brad Markle (right) inside the drill tent with the Eclipse Drill during the 2013 field season at Mt. Hunder, Denali National Park, Alaska. Credit: Dominic Winski

One of the shallow drill sites at Allan Hills, Antarctica, during the 2009-2010 summer field season. Credit: Mike Waszkiewicz

(L to R) John Higgins, Nicole Spaulding and Andrei Kurbatov approach a shallow drill site at Allan Hills, Antarctica, during the 2009-2010 summer field season. Credit: Mike Waszkiewicz

Mike Waszkiewicz (right) drills with the Eclipse Drill while John Higgins (left) packs core at Allan Hills, Antarctica, during the 2009-2010 summer field season. Credit: Andrei Kurbatov