Showing posts with label drilling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drilling. Show all posts

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Apply to sail on IODP Wilkes Land Margin



Application to sail can now be submitted for the IODP expedition to the Wilkes Land Margin. The application deadline is November 30, 2007. For more information see here

Sunday, September 2, 2007

IODP Wilkes Land margin approved for 2009

The International Polar Year 2007-2009 is enriched with another great project now that the Intergrated Ocean Drilling Program has scheduled an expedition to the Wilkes Land margin for January-March 2009.
For more details on this Leg see here

Image: Ocean Drilling Program

Saturday, June 9, 2007

Scientists prepare for 2007 ANDRILL season

After a successful drilling season in 2006, preparations for the upcoming season of the Antarctic Drilling Program (ANDRILL) are underway. In Fall 2007 ANDRILL plans to drill a deep hole through sedimentary strata in southern McMurdo Sound. On-ice scientists from the United States, New Zealand, Italy and Germany currently go through extensive medical and dental exams. McMurdo station, where most scientists will be stationed, has limited medical facilities. More about ANDRILL..

Photo: Sandra Passchier, courtesy NSF