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Ice drilling. The ACFEL ice auger showing an ice core pushed up into the core remover barrel. [1] Ice drilling allows scientists studying glaciers and ice sheets to gain access to what is beneath the ice, to take measurements along the interior of the ice, and to retrieve samples. Instruments can be placed in the drilled holes to record ...
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Earth auger. (Redirected from Earth Auger) A post-hole auger. An earth auger, earth drill, or post-hole auger is a drilling tool used for making holes in the ground. [1] It typically consists of a rotating vertical metal rod or pipe with one or more blades attached at the lower end, that cut or scrape the soil.
An ice core is a core sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier. Since the ice forms from the incremental buildup of annual layers of snow, lower layers are older than upper ones, and an ice core contains ice formed over a range of years. Cores are drilled with hand augers (for shallow holes) or powered ...
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The Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) was a research project organized through the European Science Foundation (ESF). [1] The project ran from 1989 to 1995, with drilling seasons from 1990 to 1992. [2] In 1988, the project was accepted as an ESF-associated program, and the fieldwork was started in Greenland in the summer of 1989.