Keith Makinson
@keithmakinson.bsky.social
Polar Oceanographer and Subglacial Access Drilling Engineer at British Antarctic Survey @bas.ac.uk
Ice Shelves | Ocean | Tides | Ice Streams | Subglacial Lakes | Hot Water Drilling | Ice Drilling | Running |
Ice Shelves | Ocean | Tides | Ice Streams | Subglacial Lakes | Hot Water Drilling | Ice Drilling | Running |
There are also good views from the RRS Sir David Attenborough webcam and a wider area view in radar images from EC Copernicus/ESA downloaded from Polarview. The yellow arrows show the ship's location against Stange Ice Shelf and the bright lines to the south are the vehicle tracks.
January 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
There are also good views from the RRS Sir David Attenborough webcam and a wider area view in radar images from EC Copernicus/ESA downloaded from Polarview. The yellow arrows show the ship's location against Stange Ice Shelf and the bright lines to the south are the vehicle tracks.
This is oceanography the hard way.
Before any instruments or samplers are deployed, we hot water drill an access hole through several hundred metres of ice shelf. Don't dilly-dally though, freezing closes the hole in a day or two.
Before any instruments or samplers are deployed, we hot water drill an access hole through several hundred metres of ice shelf. Don't dilly-dally though, freezing closes the hole in a day or two.
November 26, 2024 at 2:26 PM
This is oceanography the hard way.
Before any instruments or samplers are deployed, we hot water drill an access hole through several hundred metres of ice shelf. Don't dilly-dally though, freezing closes the hole in a day or two.
Before any instruments or samplers are deployed, we hot water drill an access hole through several hundred metres of ice shelf. Don't dilly-dally though, freezing closes the hole in a day or two.
How it started and how it's going, five decades of drilling later!
November 26, 2024 at 1:33 PM
How it started and how it's going, five decades of drilling later!