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Homepage
Our adventure
News from the Ross Ice Shelf
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Rising Seas
Our technology
Drilling
Studying the cores
Our modelling
Our impact
Our carbon footprint
Our science
Ice dynamics
Glacial retreat
Carbon cycle feedback
Contribution to sea rise
Microbial communities
Education
What can I do?
Resources
Glossary
Media
Galleries
About
Contributing parties
Our team
Preparing to drill (Dec 2023)
Source: Veronika Meduna
Orange cover going on the drill tent
Source: Veronika Meduna
Drill tent construction
Source: Veronika Meduna
Jason Coenen and Alex Michaud sampling snow in the cellar pit
Source: Veronika Meduna
Adam Rutten excavating the cellar hole in the drill tent
Source: Veronika Meduna
Thermal image of Tim McPhee and Martin 'Paddy' Loughlan in the cellar hole in the drill tent
Source: Veronika Meduna
Darcy Mandeno checking the hot water system in the drill tent
Source: Veronika Meduna
Adam Rutten measuring the seariser casing
Source: Veronika Meduna
The seariser being assembled
Source: Veronika Meduna
Jane Chewings, Hedley Burge and Tony Kingan melting snow for the hot water drill "flubber"