PHOTO GALLERY - Miscellaneous Collections

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Greenland Drill Test View Galleries
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DISC personnel on Twin Otter flight back to Kangerlussuaq.
Bye bye DISC.
Reflection.

The empty DISC tent.

Finished packing group shot.
End of season celebration.

Moving the control room.
Removing the A-frame hoist.
Lowering the A-frame.

Lifting the tower base.
Dragging the winch drum out of the DISC tent.
Removing the winch drum.

Cargo outside of the DISC tent.
Arctic Tern at Summit.
Packing up

Group Photo
Twin Otter
Screen sections

Chip inspection
NICL workers
Ice core inspection

Scoop cutters
Scoop Cutters
DISC tent

Big house
Celebrating the 4th
Dust Layer

Logging station
NICL test area
Happy Drillers

"pock" marks
Core into FED
Cutting fractured ice

Inspection
4m Core
Donuts

Centrifuge and fluid handling
Screen cleaning
Modified cutter windows

Run 195
Clear Day
Stormy day

Brian Bencivengo from the National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) logs the core produced by the DISC Drill.
Core from run #181.
Core from run #181.

Run #181 - Chips in top screen, 2.46m core obtained.
Run #181 - Chips in top screen; 0.6 degree shoes
Run #181 - Chips from lower screen section.

Run #181 - Chips from lower screen section.
Run #86 - Chips
Run #85 - Chips

Run #85 - Chips
Run #64 - Chips
Ice clogged drill head - run 28

Ice clogged drill head - run 9
Ice clogged drill head - run 9
Ice clogged drill head - run 9

Ice clogged drill head - run 9
Summit sky
Run 153 ~1900 year old ice
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