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Terry Benson, IceCube 20 min
Alan Elcheikh, IceCube 20 min
Frank Rack, ANDRILL 20 min
Panel discussion with the 3 speakers 25 min
Terry Benson
(IceCube 222 UW-Madison/PSL)
27/04/2011, 09:10
Innovations in Hot-Water Drilling
IceCube's construction presented massive challenges; at the core was a drilling campaign to melt over 17 million gallons of ice over the course of 7 short field seasons. The Enhanced Hot Water Drill and its team made this possible. Vast amounts of knowledge and experience were gained, and technological innovations were continuously sought out and implemented to overcome the inherent...
Alan Elcheikh
(IceCube)
27/04/2011, 09:30
Innovations in Hot-Water Drilling
In order to complete the construction phase of the IceCube project on time and within budget, a very ambitious construction schedule was planned over 7 short field seasons. The critical path of the construction project was the drilling operation, which required 86 2500-meter holes to be made in the ice. The instruments would then be deployed into these drilled holes. Lessons were learned...
Frank Rack
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ANDRILL)
27/04/2011, 09:50
Innovations in Hot-Water Drilling
The ANDRILL Coulman High (CH) Project Site Surveys, which were conducted from November 2010 through January 2011 using the ANDRILL hot water drill system, achieved all primary and secondary objectives. We demonstrated a safe traverse route from McMurdo Station across the Ross Ice Shelf to CH and established safe operating areas using ground-penetrating radar supplemented by airborne radar. A...
