Drilling through the storm

Today a storm swept through the camp, with high winds of 35 kts gusting to 45 kts blowing snow and poor visibility for many hours. However, these tough conditions didn’t stop our drillers from continuing with their work, it was business as usual with a few extra layers.

And with core coming up, our science team needed to be there to curate and process it, although fortunately the cold science tent is a little less exposed from the elements than the outside drill rig.

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100 metres of sediment core!

100 metres of sediment core!

02 January 2026

We’ve passed a huge milestone – we’ve now retrieved more than 100 metres of sediment core, so we are over halfway towards our target of 200 metres. 

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Running pipe

Running pipe

31 December 2025

After several days of constant core coming up, our drillers had a challenge down the hole, so they had to pull out the drill pipe, sort the issue, and run…

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