Hot-water drilling on the Siple Coast and ice core drilling at Siple and South Pole Stations

Title Hot-water drilling on the Siple Coast and ice core drilling at Siple and South Pole Stations
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year
1984
Author(s) Karl C Kuivinen , Bruce R Koci
Journal/ Publication
Antarctic Journal of the United States
Volume
19
Issue
5
Pagination
58-59
Abstract

The Polar Ice Coring Office (PICO) used a new hot-water drill and a new 200-meter winch and electromechanical coring drill at three antarctic locations during the 1983-1984 field season. Hot-water drilling of shot holes for the University of Wisconsin-Madison seismic program was conducted at Upstream B (83°31.2'S 138°05'W) on the Siple Coast. PICO collaborated with the Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland, in two drilling and core processing projects: (1) a 201-meter ice core was collected at Siple Station for analysis by the University of Bern group and (2) at South Pole Stations, a core was drilled from 230 to 353.5 meters in a hole left open after the 1982-1983 season.

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Categories Field Logistics/Camps, Hot Water Drilling, Ice Core Processing/Storage/Quality
Equipment PICO 102 mm Drill
Citation Karl C Kuivinen , Bruce R Koci ( 1984 ) Hot-water drilling on the Siple Coast and ice core drilling at Siple and South Pole Stations. Antarctic Journal of the United States , 19 , 5 , 58-59 .
Lead Author
Karl C Kuivinen