The NZ intermediate drill comes out of the garage

The Pisten Bully lifting the NZ intermediate drill.

The NZ intermediate drill is ready for a drill test and it is moved to the 5 m deep inclined trench we have prepared for the drill behind the mechanic garage. The Pisten Bully came in handy to lift the drill from the carpenters garage to behind the mechanic garage.

At noon we stopped processing the brittle ice and the afternoon was used packing ice core boxes and preparing for the processing of the NEEM2010 S2 shallow core.

No more deep drilling and logging.
Final logged depth is: 2537.36 m.
Processing: bag 1848-1868 (11.55m), depth: 1027.40 m.

What we have done today:
1. Measured part of the GPS net 60 km from camp.
2. Moved NZ drill to the inclined trench behind mechanic workshop.
3. Trained in disassembling and assembling the DK shallow drill.
4. Logging with Bryns logger.
5. Processing brittle ice until noon.
6. Blowing snow of the science trench and drill trench.

Weather: Clear sunshine. Temperatures between -18 °C and -9 °C. Wind 4-8 kt from SSE.

FL Dorthe Dahl-Jensen