The wind at KIS3 has eased, allowing the drill teams to complete the final step of assembling the drill tent – putting the skin on. At the end of the last season we planted a flag to indicate where we would melt a hole through the ice shelf and drill our long sediment core this year. The team have now erected the drill tent over that site. With the tent construction complete we can now concentrate on assembling the hot water drilling equipment.
The drill tent is up!
The freshly assembled drill tent. Photo: Paddy Power.
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