WAIS Divide Ice Core

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Field Season 2010/2011		View Galleries
Celebrating success at 3,331 meters depth!	Final 11 cm-long core for the season.	A one-meter long section of ice core with a dark ash layer
A researcher examines layers in a snow pit deposited by different storms.	Drillers celebrating 3000 meters	Sampling for water isotopes
Cleaning the core head.	Ice cores ready for shipment	Insulated blanket over ice core boxes.
Ice in insulated container	Pack up Station	Logging the core.
Core arriving in processing arch.	Pushing the core out of the core barrel	Rotating the core barrel.
Freshly drilled ice core.	Drill end of arch after snow removal	Processing end of arch after removal of snow.
First view of the arch facility by the camp put-in crew. To get a feel for the amount of drifting, this photo is taken looking at the end of the drilling arch, which is 27 feet tall. Photo: RPSC