90° South

Ice Drilling at the South Pole

Wed, 05 Dec 2007

First Hole

last shift we started the first IceCube hole of the season. The picture shows the drill head going down the firn hole.

Drill Head going down firn hole

Unfortunately, the start was not smooth. The brake on the hose reel caused some startup delays. We could not disengage the brake because of cold hydraulics and a broken solenoid.

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