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The SUBGLACIOR drilling probe: hydraulic considerations

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
Using significant technological breakthroughs and unconventional approaches, the goal of the in situ probing of glacier ice for a better understanding of the orbital response of climate (SUBGLACIOR) project is to advance ice core research by inventing ...
O. Alemany, P. Talalay, P. Boissonneau, J. Chappellaz, J. F. Chemin, R. Duphil, E. Lefebvre, L. Piard, P. Possenti, J. Triest   +9 more
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Agile Sub-Ice Geological (ASIG) Drill development and Pirrit Hills field project

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
A new drilling system was developed by the US Ice Drilling Program (IDP) to rapidly drill through overlying ice to collect subglacial rock cores. The Agile Sub-Ice Geological (ASIG) Drill system is capable of drilling up to 700 m of ice in a continuous ...
Tanner Kuhl, Chris Gibson, Jay Johnson, Grant Boeckmann, Elliot Moravec, Kristina Slawny   +5 more
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RAM-2 Drill system development: an upgrade of the Rapid Air Movement Drill

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
Significant upgrades to the Rapid Air Movement (RAM) Drill were developed and tested by the US Ice Drilling Program in 2016 through 2020 for the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Christopher Gibson, Grant Boeckmann, Zachary Meulemans, Tanner Kuhl, Jim Koehler, Jay Johnson, Kristina Slawny   +6 more
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Antarctic subglacial drilling rig: Part II. Ice and Bedrock Electromechanical Drill (IBED)

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
A new, modified version of the cable-suspended Ice and Bedrock Electromechanical Drill (IBED) was designed for drilling in firn, ice, debris-rich ice and rock.
Pavel Talalay, Xingchen Li, Nan Zhang, Xiaopeng Fan, Youhong Sun, Pinlu Cao, Rusheng Wang, Yang Yang, Yongwen Liu, Yunchen Liu, Wei Wu, Cheng Yang, Jialin Hong, Da Gong, Han Zhang, Xiao Li, Yunwang Chen, An Liu, Yazhou Li   +18 more
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Systems Analysis of complex glaciological processes and application to calving of Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology, 2017
Calving is a complex process subject to several cooperating atmospheric, oceanographic and glaciological forcings that vary in space and time, and whose relative effects are challenging to separate.
M. L. Chester, B. Kulessa, A. J. Luckman, J. N. Bassis, P. Kuipers Munneke   +4 more
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The BEAMISH hot water drill system and its use on the Rutford Ice Stream, Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
During the 2018/19 Antarctic field season, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Basal conditions on Rutford Ice Stream: BEd Access, Monitoring and Ice Sheet History’ (BEAMISH) project drilled three holes through the Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica.
Paul G. D. Anker, Keith Makinson, Keith W. Nicholls, Andrew M. Smith   +3 more
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Modeling in marine ice engineering [PDF]

Arctic: Ecology and Economy, 2021
In the modern world, it is already difficult to imagine the creation of a significant engineering structure without modeling its external and internal appearance, the operation modeling of the main mechanisms, operating conditions and many other design features and emerging phenomena at the design stage.
A.A. Dobrodeev, K.E. Sazonov
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Core handling, transportation and processing for the South Pole ice core (SPICEcore) project

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
An intermediate-depth (1751 m) ice core was drilled at the South Pole between 2014 and 2016 using the newly designed US Intermediate Depth Drill. The South Pole ice core is the highest-resolution interior East Antarctic ice core record that extends into ...
Joseph M. Souney, Mark S. Twickler, Murat Aydin, Eric J. Steig, T. J. Fudge, Leah V. Street, Melinda R. Nicewonger, Emma C. Kahle, Jay A. Johnson, Tanner W. Kuhl, Kimberly A. Casey, John M. Fegyveresi, Richard M. Nunn, Geoffrey M. Hargreaves   +13 more
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Antarctic subglacial drilling rig: Part III. Drilling auxiliaries and environmental measures

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
The Antarctic subglacial drilling rig (ASDR) is designed to recover 105 mm-diameter ice cores up to 1400 m depth and 41.5 mm-diameter bedrock cores up to 2 m in length. In order to ensure safe and convenient drilling, drilling auxiliaries are designed to
Xiaopeng Fan, Pavel Talalay, Youhong Sun, Xingchen Li, Nan Zhang, Alexey Markov, Yang Yang, Pinlu Cao, Rusheng Wang, Yongwen Liu, Yunchen Liu, Ting Wang, Wei Wu, Cheng Yang, Jialin Hong, Da Gong, Han Zhang, Mikhail Sysoev, Xiao Li, An Liu, Yazhou Li   +20 more
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New synthetic fiber armored cable for freezing-in thermal ice probes

Annals of Glaciology, 2021
A series of new synthetic armored cables were developed and tested to ensure that they were suitable for use with the RECoverable Autonomous Sonde (RECAS), which is a newly designed freezing-in thermal ice probe.
Nan Zhang, Hui Liu, Pavel Talalay, Youhong Sun, Na Li, Xiaopeng Fan, Bing Li, Da Gong, Jialin Hong, Ting Wang, An Liu, Yazhou Li, Yunchen Liu, Rusheng Wang, Yang Yang, Liang Wang   +15 more
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