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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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