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2006-2007 Antarctica

December 12, 2006

Update provided by Joe Souney

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.

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