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Field Season 2006/2007 View Galleries 69 images in gallery Page 1 of 2 The American flag and a welcome sign welcomes visitors to WAIS Divide. Ben Smith and Jessica Drees (U. Washington) drill a borehole. Ben Smith (U. Washington) lowers a video camera into a borehole to study the optical stratigraphy of the ice. Ben Smith's (U. Washington) borehole camera. Michael Jayred adjusts the barrel to the ice core drill. Charles Kirkland tests some medical equipment in the medical tent at WAIS Divide. Robert and sundog. Lowering the first piece of casing. Casing piece ready to be lowered. Casing nose piece. Casing clamp. Brent and Dave Anderson repairing a generator. Blue gantry crane assembly. Raising a casing section. Jayred and Brent attaching the casing lifting fixture. Jayred installing the drill casing. Ian and Jay assembling the legs of the blue gantry crane. Ian and Jay assembling the yellow gantry crane. The galley at WAIS Divide. Arch facility Building the floor to the arch side entrance. Moving the arch side entrance into place. View of the core storage trench Carpenter group picture. Carpenter shop outside of the arch facility. Christmas gift opening at WAIS Divide, 2006. Christmas at WAIS Divide, 2006. Entrance to the drilling side of the arch. Interior of the core handling side of the arch. Entrance to the core handling side of the arch. Excavating the core storage basement. Drilling at WAIS Divide. Bagging an ice core. Another perfect core break. Another excellent run of core. Beautiful clouds at WAIS Divide. The galley at WAIS Divide camp. The galley at WAIS Divide camp. The recently completed floor within the drilling arch. Constructing the interior wall that will separate the drilling and core handling arch areas. Constructing the interior wall that will separate the drilling and core handling arch areas. View of the snow excavation that will become the core storage basement within the core handling arch. Construction of the floor inside the core handling arch. Construction of the floor inside the core handling arch. Construction of the floor inside the core handling arch. Floor installation inside the core handling arch. Arch facility. Drilling the 130 meter core. Drilling the 130 meter core. View inside the Arctic Oven core processing tent. Another perfect core break. Drilling the 130 meter core. Drilling the 130 meter core. Drilling the 130 meter core. Drill site set-up for the 130 meter core. View of the underground ice core storage trench. View of the stairway leading down to the core storage trench. View inside the underground ice core storage trench. Michael Jayred preping the area to begin drilling the pilot hole. Lining up the drill to start the main bore hole. Page 1 of 2

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