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Ross Shelf reports
Science and drilling team review drilling equipment and core retrieval process
15 December 2024
Our science and AIDD (Antarctic Intermediate Depth Drill) teams had a productive hands-on session today.
Ross Shelf reports
Main borehole underway
14 December 2024
The hot water drillers have begun to melt the main borehole.
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AIDD team assemble drill pipe
12 December 2024
While our hot water drillers are busy getting our hole through the ice shelf underway, our AIDD (Antarctic Intermediate Depth Drill) team have also been hard at work with our…
Ross Shelf reports
Last of the on-ice team take part in field training
11 December 2024
The last members of our on-ice team have arrived in Antarctica, and have taken part in Antarctic Field Training (AFT) to learn essential skills required for life at our deep-field…
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Hot water drilling is underway
10 December 2024
Today the team began boring the well hole through the Ross Ice Shelf.
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Will the Ross Ice Shelf melt
09 December 2024
An international team of scientists, including researchers from Binghamton University, State University of New York, has launched a critical mission to uncover geological records from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Ross Shelf reports
First load in the camp washing machine
09 December 2024
Running out of clean socks on the Ross Ice Shelf? Camp mini-washing machine to the rescue!
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Making water for hot water drilling
06 December 2024
The hot water drill team are making excellent progress at KIS3.
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Will the Ross Ice Shelf melt? International team launches second attempt to drill for Antarctic climate clues
05 December 2024
An international team of scientists—including from Binghamton University, State University of New York—is undergoing an ambitious mission to obtain critical geological records from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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Science team arrives at KIS3
04 December 2024
Five members of the science team, including the two Co-Chiefs Richard Levy and Tina van de Flierdt, flew to the drilling site at KIS3 on 4 December on a Basler…