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DISC (Deep Ice Sheet Coring) Drill View Galleries

Cutter Head. The DISC Drill is an electromechanical drill designed to take 122 mm diameter ice cores to depths of 4000 meters.

Core Transfer Table

DISC Drill Construction Site

DISC Drill Construction Site

Drilling Fluid Handling System

Gantry Crane

Glassman HVPS

Borehole Casing

MECC Machine Shop

Inside MECC Machine Shop

Inside MECC Machine Shop

Inside MECC Machine Shop

Inside MECC Machine Shop

Drill Control Room

Drill Control Room

Drill control room

Motor Power Supply

Members of the DISC team

Screen Cleaning System

Screen Cleaning System

Sensor Board Testing

Tower

Sonde Motor Pump Section

Upper Sondes

Winch

Winch level wind and drill cable.

Winch Level Wind

Winch Control Cabinet

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