First Drill Tests for the BELISSIMA Team
Upon their arrival at the Princess Elisabeth Station at Utsteinen, the members of the BELISSIMA team, headed by Frank Pattyn (ULB) and Jean-Louis Tison (ULB), successfully tested their new drilling equipment on the site. Frank Pattyn and Kenichi Matsuoka (University of Washington) then took the radar a little further afield to run the preliminary tests.
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The scientists upon arrival at Utsteinen on November 16th
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The first scientific team arrived with the Basler DC-3
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Jean-Louis Tison (université Libre de Bruxelles) preparing the drill
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The remote control to the drill for the test
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The remote control to the drill for the test
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This drill is used to drill the ice before extracting ice cores
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The BELISSIMA team tests the drilling material
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Bryn Hubbard (Aberystwyth University)
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A first ice core was extracted at the station to test the drilling material
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The first ice core was retrieved from the soil in front of the station
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Marie Direckx (ULB) and Jean-Louis Tison (ULB) working on the drill
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Marie Dierckx (ULB) successfully takes her first ice core
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Despite the increased human activity, the snow in front of the Princess Elisabeth Station remains clean
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The ice drill after the first tests
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The team working on the drill
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This radar allows the scientists to map the grounds. At this point, the ice is between 1500 and 1800m thick
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Frank Pattyn (ULB) and Kenichi Matsuoka (University of Washington) testing the radar around the station
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