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Small Hot Water Drill
Small Hot Water Drill (SHWD) traverse setup during the 2023/24 Antarctic field season. The SHWD was used at Lower Thwaites Glacier to drill thirty-two holes for seismic shot hole work. Credit: Tanner Kuhl.
The GreenDrill site selection team at the NEGIS camp in Dronning Louise Land, Greenland, during the 2023 field season. The pump/generator for the Small Hot Water Drill is the red unit below the hose reel and the two silver‐colored units are water heaters. The sled to the left contains the water tank (large white tank). Credit: Amanda Willet.
The GreenDrill site selection team at the NEGIS camp in Dronning Louise Land, Greenland, during the 2023 field season. Amanda Willet and Sridhar Anandakrishnan prepare the drill head of the Small Hot Water Drill. Credit: Sveinn Sveinsson.
Small Hot Water Drill (SHWD) traverse setup during the 2023/24 Antarctic field season. The SHWD was used at Lower Thwaites Glacier to drill thirty-two holes for seismic shot hole work. Credit: Tanner Kuhl.
The Small Hot Water Drill set-up at the University of Wisconsin's Physical Sciences Laboratory for testing/upgrade during the 2015 summer. Photo: Terry Benson
The Small Hot Water Drill set-up at the University of Wisconsin's Physical Sciences Laboratory for testing/upgrade during the 2015 summer. Photo: Terry Benson