Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica
To understand the long-term climate and glaciological evolution of the ice sheet in the region bordering the Weddell Sea, the British Antarctic Survey has undertaken a series of successful ice core projects drilling to bedrock on Berkner Island, James Ross Island and the Fletcher Promontory. A new p...
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| author | Robert Mulvaney Julius Rix Scott Polfrey Mackenzie Grieman Carlos Martìn Christoph Nehrbass-Ahles Isobel Rowell Rebecca Tuckwell Eric Wolff |
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| description | To understand the long-term climate and glaciological evolution of the ice sheet in the region bordering the Weddell Sea, the British Antarctic Survey has undertaken a series of successful ice core projects drilling to bedrock on Berkner Island, James Ross Island and the Fletcher Promontory. A new project, WACSWAIN, seeks to increase this knowledge by further drilling to bedrock on two further ice rises in this region. In a single-season project, an ice core was recovered to bedrock at 651 m on Skytrain Ice Rise using an ice core drill in a fluid-filled borehole. In a second season, a rapid access drill was used to recover ice chips to 323 m on Sherman Island in a dry borehole, though failing to reach the bedrock which was at an estimated depth of 428 m. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-05d987ae2ebb4a1d91861bf5b73f547f2023-03-09T12:27:43ZengCambridge University PressAnnals of Glaciology0260-30551727-56442021-09-016231132310.1017/aog.2021.7Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, AntarcticaRobert Mulvaney0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-8148Julius Rix1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8048-9445Scott Polfrey2Mackenzie Grieman3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9610-7141Carlos Martìn4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2661-169XChristoph Nehrbass-Ahles5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4009-4633Isobel Rowell6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-2340Rebecca Tuckwell7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6389-3091Eric Wolff8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5914-8531British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UKBritish Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UKBritish Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UKDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UKBritish Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UKDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UKDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UKBritish Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UKDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UKTo understand the long-term climate and glaciological evolution of the ice sheet in the region bordering the Weddell Sea, the British Antarctic Survey has undertaken a series of successful ice core projects drilling to bedrock on Berkner Island, James Ross Island and the Fletcher Promontory. A new project, WACSWAIN, seeks to increase this knowledge by further drilling to bedrock on two further ice rises in this region. In a single-season project, an ice core was recovered to bedrock at 651 m on Skytrain Ice Rise using an ice core drill in a fluid-filled borehole. In a second season, a rapid access drill was used to recover ice chips to 323 m on Sherman Island in a dry borehole, though failing to reach the bedrock which was at an estimated depth of 428 m.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305521000070/type/journal_articleGlaciological instruments and methodsice coringpaleoclimate |
| spellingShingle | Robert Mulvaney Julius Rix Scott Polfrey Mackenzie Grieman Carlos Martìn Christoph Nehrbass-Ahles Isobel Rowell Rebecca Tuckwell Eric Wolff Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica Annals of Glaciology Glaciological instruments and methods ice coring paleoclimate |
| title | Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
| title_full | Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
| title_fullStr | Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
| title_short | Ice drilling on Skytrain Ice Rise and Sherman Island, Antarctica |
| title_sort | ice drilling on skytrain ice rise and sherman island antarctica |
| topic | Glaciological instruments and methods ice coring paleoclimate |
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