Developing a hot-water drill system for the WISSARD project: 1. Basic drill system components and design
| Title | Developing a hot-water drill system for the WISSARD project: 1. Basic drill system components and design |
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| Publication Type |
Journal Article
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| Year |
2014
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| Author(s) | Frank R Rack , Dennis V Duling, Daren S Blythe, Justin Burnett, Dar E Gibson, Graham Roberts, Chad Carpenter, Jeff Lemery, Steve Fischbein |
| Journal/ Publication |
Annals of Glaciology
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| Volume |
55
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| Issue |
68
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| Pagination |
285-297
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| Abstract |
A new, clean, hot-water drill system (HWDS) was developed by the Science Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for use in the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project to gain access to Subglacial Lake Whillans beneath ∼800 m of ice in West Antarctica. One primary borehole was drilled into the basal ice environment of Subglacial Lake Whillans during the initial field season in 2012/13. This paper describes the process of designing, fabricating, assembling, shipping, testing, commissioning and traversing the WISSARD HWDS leading up to the first scientific use of the system. |
| DOI |
10.3189/2014AoG68A031
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| URL | |
| Special Collections | International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology Series, 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology |
| Categories | Hot Water Drilling, Subglacial Access |
| Equipment | WISSARD Hot Water Drill |
| Citation | Frank R Rack , Dennis V Duling, Daren S Blythe, Justin Burnett, Dar E Gibson, Graham Roberts, Chad Carpenter, Jeff Lemery, Steve Fischbein ( 2014 ) Developing a hot-water drill system for the WISSARD project: 1. Basic drill system components and design. Annals of Glaciology , 55 , 68 , 285-297 . doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A031 |
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