Yesterday, thanks to the hard work of
Jean-Louis and Morgane, the Eclipse Drill passed the test and was installed on
the sledge: everything is now ready to
go to the field. The schedule of the next weeks is the following: after
crossing the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf for about 200 km, which should pass slightly
more than 20 hours, we will arrive on Derwael Ice Rise, where we will set up the
first Camp! Brice and Frank will first of all deploy the radar to make the
first measurements of ice thickness and ice layers, which will facilitate exact
positioning of the first drill site. We will spend 1 week at this camp (we plan
to drill two holes and cover the area with pRES measurements). The next two
weeks will be dedicated to the setup of the 2 GPSs (follow @tweetiniceshelf,
funded by “les 10Km de l’ULB”) on the Roi Baudouin Ice Shelf. On the same site,
we will also perform many radar measurements, drill a deep ice core (155
meters), and conduct CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) measurements under
the ice shelf. Finally, we will revisit the GPS points that were installed by
Reinhard and Nicolas last year.
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