The deep drilling is now closed down and the last items are in boxes ready to be shipped to Kanger. The shallow drilling at Site GRIP 2026 S1 is ongoing…
Today the deep drillers logged the borehole down to 25m depth to investigate how inclined the casing is in the top part and how large the kink at 15m dept…
Today the drillers finally succeeded to get through the various blockages in the casing, enter the drill liquid and lower a modified version of the drill to 125m depth. Driller’s…
Driller’s report: ‘Today was an epic day! We made more progress down hole than any other day before. In a final attempt to gather information from beyond the 56m blockage,…
Today, the Basler went out to Site A, some 250 km SSE of GRIP, to drill the last of the three ICELINK extension cores. Departure at 07:20 in the morning,…
Driller’s report: Over the weekend we have had a lot of up and down again. Saturday, we managed to drill through the blockage at 55.70m (previously called 56m). This was…
Deep drilling report: Today was a very successful drilling day! We managed to drill through the borehole blockage at 56m depth after many attempts with an 83mm hole saw. We…
The airborne visit to the Site D that started yesterday afternoon and ended this morning when the Basler returned to camp at 4:30 in the morning was a great success.…
After lunch, the Basler left with the shallow drill and the ICELINK group to drill a shallow ice core at a site known as Site D, some 200 km south…
After yesterday’s rescue operation for the shallow drill, the drill needed some maintenance. The motor section is not meant to be wet and yesterday’s glycol shower required cleaning and drying…