Drilling operations for the South Pole Ice Core (SPICEcore) project

Title Drilling operations for the South Pole Ice Core (SPICEcore) project
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year
2021
Author(s) Jay A Johnson , Tanner W Kuhl, Grant Boeckmann, Chris J Gibson, Joshua Jetson, Zachary Meulemans, Kristina R Slawny, Joseph M Souney
Journal/ Publication
Annals of Glaciology
Volume
62
Issue
84
Pagination
75-88
Abstract

Over the course of the 2014/15 and 2015/16 austral summer seasons, the South Pole Ice Core project recovered a 1751 m deep ice core at the South Pole. This core provided a high-resolution record of paleoclimate conditions in East Antarctica during the Holocene and late Pleistocene. The drilling and core processing were completed using the new US Intermediate Depth Drill system, which was designed and built by the US Ice Drilling Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In this paper, we present and discuss the setup, operation, and performance of the drill system.

DOI
10.1017/aog.2020.64
File
URL
Special Collections International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology Series, 8th International Ice Drill Symposium
Categories Intermediate-/Medium-Depth Drills
Equipment Intermediate Depth Drill (U.S.)
Citation Jay A Johnson , Tanner W Kuhl, Grant Boeckmann, Chris J Gibson, Joshua Jetson, Zachary Meulemans, Kristina R Slawny, Joseph M Souney ( 2021 ) Drilling operations for the South Pole Ice Core (SPICEcore) project. Annals of Glaciology , 62 , 84 , 75-88 . doi: 10.1017/aog.2020.64
Lead Author
Jay A Johnson