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2006-2007 Antarctica

December 12, 2006
Update provided by Joe Souney
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Michael Jayred (right) and Beth Bergeron (left) back at camp. The white boxes on the left contain the ice cores that we drilled. Photo: Joe Souney

Today we finished drilling the WDC06A pilot hole at a depth of 114 meters! All ice drilled was of excellent core quality. The next step is to ream the pilot hole and then set the casing.