Ross Ice Shelf Project drilling, October - December 1976

Title Ross Ice Shelf Project drilling, October - December 1976
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year
1977
Author(s) John H Rand
Journal/ Publication
Antarctic Journal of the United States
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pagination
150-152
Abstract

On 27 October the drilling crew and cargo arrived at site J-9 on the Ross Ice Shelf. The team consisted of John Rand, James Morse, Robert Bigl, and Gerard Sheldon from the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL); B. Lyle Hansen from the Ross Ice Shelf Project Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Henry Rufli from the Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland; and Steven Quarry from the State University of New York-Buffalo.

The Ross Ice Shelf Project (RISP) wire line core drilling system, designed and constructed at CRREL, incorporates various industrial components and rotary drilling tech- niques. It is described by Hansen (1976):

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Categories Subglacial Access, Wire-line Core Drilling
Equipment RISP Wire-line Core Drill
Citation John H Rand ( 1977 ) Ross Ice Shelf Project drilling, October - December 1976. Antarctic Journal of the United States , 12 , 4 , 150-152 .
Lead Author
John H Rand