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Prairie Dog Drill
A field team led by Craig Lee (INSTAAR, UC-Boulder) and co-principal investigators David McWethy (Montana State University) and Greg Pederson (US Geological Survey) use the Prairie Dog Drill to recover a core from an ice patch in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Credit: Chris Boyer
A field team led by Craig Lee (INSTAAR, UC-Boulder) and co-principal investigators David McWethy (Montana State University) and Greg Pederson (US Geological Survey) use the Prairie Dog Drill to recover a core from an ice patch in the Greater Yellowstone Area. Credit: Chris Boyer
Members of the Lake Vida expedition team handle the barrel to the Prairie Dog Drill during the 2010-2011 season at Lake Vida, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Credit: Unknown
Members of the Lake Vida expedition team – Peter Doran, Chris Fritsen and Jay Kyne – use a Sidewinder with the Praire Dog Drill during the 2010-2011 season to drill an ice core from frozen Lake Vida, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Credit: Ema Kuhn