Keith Makinson
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Keith Makinson
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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 |
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.
November 26, 2024 at 2:26 PM