2014 sites

 

Heres a quick summary of what our field season looked like:

1/13/14

Flew from McMurdo to Cresis camp on a Herc.  Camped one night at Cresis in an Arctic Oven.

1/14/14

Traversed from Cresis to site 1A (about 18 miles) and setup camp

1/15-17

Drill setup, drilled hole 1A to 680 meters, packed drill to move to site 2

1/18-19

Moved to site 1B.  I had worked the night shift and went to bed sometime in the early morning hours.  When I woke up I was the only person left at camp so I packed my tent and hitched a ride on a snow mobile to the new site 1 km away.  We then drilled the second hole to 680 M.

1/20-21

Took a shower outside and we packed camp and the drill for the 12 hour traverse to site 2A (the third borehole)

1/22-23

Setup camp and drill, drilled third hole

1/24-26

Packed camp and drill and traversed to the fourth and final hole. Completed 4th hole.

1/27-28

Winterize drill

1/29

Basler flight back to McMurdo

 

Now Ill post some fun pictures because looking at pictures is way more fun  than reading.

 

 

 

 

 

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