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Field Season 2005/2006 View Galleries Marshalling in a LC-130 to WAIS Divide Camp. Winterizing the WAIS Divide camp facilities and equipment. Winterizing the WAIS Divide camp facilities and equipment. Mechanic's shop. Winterizing the WAIS Divide camp facilities and equipment. Winterizing the WAIS Divide camp facilities and equipment. Winterizing the WAIS Divide camp facilities and equipment. Winterizing the WAIS Divide camp facilities and equipment. Interior arch view. WAIS Divide Camp staff. Arch facility that will house the drill. Arch construction team after hanging the last arch. Supervisor Billy Texter is on the far right. Half-way completed on tall arch. Toasting to a successful firn ice drilling field campaign. Murat Aydin and Todd Sowers logging firn density and packaging the ice for its return trip to the U.S. Firn camp on a breezy day at WAIS Divide. Constructing the tall arch. Starting the 300 meter core using the four inch diameter drill. Beth and Lou starting a four inch diameter shallow (120m) core next to the arch facility Setting up the four inch drill next to the arch facility WAIS Divide Camp Digging the Tucker out after a Rac-Tents at WAIS Divide Camp. Inside view of one of the Rac-Tents. Incoming cargo. Assembling the arch facility that will house the drill. Start of arch construction. Excavating the pad for the arch facility. View of WAIS Divide Camp. WAIS Divide Camp as of December 21, 2005 Assembling the Catepillar 953 at WAIS Divide Camp. Some of the numerous drill shelter arch sections on pallets ready for transport to WAIS Divide Camp. 2 meter backlit snowpit at WAIS Divide. A 2 meter backlit snowpit at WAIS Divide. Ken Taylor cutting snow blocks in snowpit at WAIS Divide. View of WAIS Divide camp when Ken and Mark visited on November 20, 2005. Twin Otter crew refueling at Byrd. The new skiway groomer and Tucker at the WAIS Divide camp.

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