Setting up for microbiology and core curation

While our drillers are hard at work moving forward towards geological drilling, our newly arrived science team are working at lightning speed to get prepared for when we have our first core on deck.

They’ve dug out a pit for cold storage of microbiology samples. These need to be kept at around -20°C.

The warm science container has been transformed into a lab, ready to X-ray cores and take sediment samples for microbiological analysis.

The team were thrilled to find a note from last season left with the lab supplies wishing them well! 

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Ross Shelf Reports
Last, but not least

Last, but not least

30 December 2025

The third and final group of our on-ice team have made it to Crary Ice Rise – later than planned due to the weather challenges we’ve battled with this year.

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Core on deck!

Core on deck!

29 December 2025

We have successfully retrieved sediment core from beneath 523 m of ice at Crary Ice Rise, rotary coring with our custom-designed Antarctic Intermediate Depth Drill.

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