ANDRILL team to conduct Antarctic survey project in 2010-11 season

12:31 AM Mon 4 Oct 2010 GMT

'Bob Zook (left) and Marcus Kolb prepare the SCINI remotely operated vehicle for deployment in Antarctic waters.' Bob Zook/Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Click Here to view large photo

After recording the two most successful sediment recovery projects in Antarctica history, ANDRILL, the Antarctic Geologic Drilling program, is set to begin an ambitious survey project in the 2010-11 Antarctic field season. The joint United States-New Zealand expedition will operate from a remote camp on the Ross Ice Shelf from late October through early February studying the ice and its movements, the sea beneath the ice and its movements, and the rocks beneath the seafloor. The Coulman High Survey Project is funded by $2.68 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with ...

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by Tom Simons