Comments on: Drilling the Sea Ice http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stacy Kim http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 Stacy Kim Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:22:33 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2948 Hi Lucas, The drill comes in sections, each 1 m long. As we reach the end of each section, we stop the drill, remove the head, attach a new section, and then reattach the head and keep drilling. It gets heavier and heavier the deeper we drill. Best, Stacy Hi Lucas,
The drill comes in sections, each 1 m long. As we reach the end of each section, we stop the drill, remove the head, attach a new section, and then reattach the head and keep drilling. It gets heavier and heavier the deeper we drill.
Best, Stacy

]]> By: Lucas McClain http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2938 Lucas McClain Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:29:39 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2938 hey stacy,your blog is looking great,i was just wandering if that drill bit is telescopic or if it is not., thanks! hey stacy,your blog is looking great,i was just wandering if that drill bit is telescopic or if it is not., thanks!

]]> By: Stacy Kim http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2883 Stacy Kim Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:28:50 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2883 Hi Nick, I must have missed you as we left for field camp a couple days after you posted. I hope things are going well at Pole and that you are ready for your looong stint! Best, Stacy Hi Nick,
I must have missed you as we left for field camp a couple days after you posted. I hope things are going well at Pole and that you are ready for your looong stint!
Best, Stacy

]]> By: Stacy Kim http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2882 Stacy Kim Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:27:20 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2882 Hi Pops, Unfortunately, the drill is powered by the old standby, hydrocarbons in the form of diesel fuel. The pole extending upwards is the height of the drill string - it can go to 24 feet deep. It is an amazing contraption. There is a solar expert here who is working to get more field equipment running on solar, and the New Zealanders at Scott Base a few kms away have started an ambitious wind turbine project that may set the stage for McMurdo to follow their good example. Best, Stacy Hi Pops,
Unfortunately, the drill is powered by the old standby, hydrocarbons in the form of diesel fuel. The pole extending upwards is the height of the drill string – it can go to 24 feet deep. It is an amazing contraption. There is a solar expert here who is working to get more field equipment running on solar, and the New Zealanders at Scott Base a few kms away have started an ambitious wind turbine project that may set the stage for McMurdo to follow their good example.
Best, Stacy

]]> By: Doug Stewart http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2805 Doug Stewart Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:11:59 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2805 Tom-- Dr. Peter Jeschofnig forwarded this video to me. Glad to see that Colorado Mountain College graduates are still out there exploring the far reaches of the world! Tom–
Dr. Peter Jeschofnig forwarded this video to me. Glad to see that Colorado Mountain College graduates are still out there exploring the far reaches of the world!

]]> By: Nick Morgan http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2804 Nick Morgan Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:29:49 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2804 Hey Stacy your blog is looking great! Lots of good info. I hope to get mine up and running here in a bit. Just got to McMurdo and should be rolling along here to the Pole in a bit. Good Luck with the season! Nick Hey Stacy your blog is looking great! Lots of good info. I hope to get mine up and running here in a bit. Just got to McMurdo and should be rolling along here to the Pole in a bit. Good Luck with the season!

Nick

]]> By: Pops http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2787 Pops Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:44:54 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2787 Is that a solar-powered drill? Or is there a giant windmill just out of shot? Is that a solar-powered drill? Or is there a giant windmill just out of shot?

]]> By: ann mishmash http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2785 ann mishmash Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:57:51 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2785 Wow that is a lot of hard work!! Wow that is a lot of hard work!!

]]> By: Michele Cross http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/drilling-the-sea-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-2783 Michele Cross Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:15:37 +0000 http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/?p=1902#comment-2783 Holy Cow!!! The kids are going to love this video! And what a gorgeous looking day! Be joining you soon! Michele Holy Cow!!! The kids are going to love this video! And what a gorgeous looking day! Be joining you soon!

Michele

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