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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