Hot Water on Ice

It is that time of the year again for the @BAS_News and @NorskPolar hot water-drilling team to soon depart for #Antartica to drill through Fimbulisen Ice Shelf and observe the ocean beneath. Keep following us for live updates from the field! ⛺️

Job Alert! We are advertising an exciting opportunity to join @BAS_News and the @HotWaterOnIce team as a Physical Oceanographer, including #Antarctic fieldwork. Informal inquiries welcome! bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/vac… #oceans #science

Mission completed! 50 days of remote field work and 50+ instruments installed by the @HotWaterOnIce drilling crew in the ocean cavity below #Fimbulisen #TrollObservingNetwork when @NorskPolar, @BjerknesBCCR, @BAS_News, @Cornell and @CNRS teamed up! See🎥: instagram.com/reel/C3LRL92Pj….

@a_wahlin @ThwaitesGlacier @KoreaPolar @goteborgsuni @Naturvetenskap @rv_skagerak_gu Good luck! Hope it all goes well 😊

We’re on our way back to Troll! The mooring tower was raised this morning and then we hit the road. Approx. 6 days back to Troll excluding weather delays @BAS_News @OceanSeaIceNPI @NorskPolar @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin

@geologicalJo @BAS_News Thank you! 🙏

. @HotWaterOnIce have done it again! Another ice shelf drilled, more incredible science achieved 👏 Congratulations to the team on Fimbul Ice Shelf - enjoy your hot tub reward! 🛁 🇦🇶 @BAS_News

And that’s a wrap! After 5 days of science and two separate boreholes we have finished our scientific programme for this season. It has been hugely successful, and now we start the process of packing the kit down @BAS_News @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin

Drilling is due to start tomorrow, but first we need to melt 10 tonnes of snow (10,000 L of water). Usually this gets done by hand, but this year we have machinery to help 🎉 @BAS_News @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin

The #weather has finally cleared and we were able to get on with the drill setup at our second site. Fingers crossed the weather holds as we have another two holes to drill here @BAS_News @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin

Busy few days here on #Fimbul Ice shelf ✔️ Finished work at the first drill site ✔️Celebrated Christmas ✔️Moved to our second drill site ✔️Setup camp again and now sitting out a storm Should be able to work again on Thursday @BAS_News @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI

...sushi inside!

@KeithMakinson1 @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin Things are beginning to get a little spicy out here: tempestwx.com/station/41817 @weatherflow

It's #FieldworkFriday - stormy Antarctic summer solstice 💨⛺️🇦🇶 for @hotwateronice @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin

It’s a bit windy here on Fimbul Ice Shelf, #Antarctica. 30 knot winds are forecast for tomorrow, and the wind tails are already getting big. Hopefully we won’t have too much digging to do! @BAS_News @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin

@SWAIS2C @VeronikaMeduna Congratulations 👏👏

🚨🚨🚨 BREAKTHROUGH! The hot water drill has successfully melted through almost 590 m (1,935 ft) of the Ross Ice Shelf and broken through its base to reach the ocean cavity below! Congratulations, KIS-3 Team! 🧵 #SWAIS2C #HowMuchHowFast 📸 @VeronikaMeduna

There is never really a “day off” in Antarctica! Gale force winds are forecasted for Friday, so it was all hands to secure the tents! 💨⛺️ @BAS_News @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin

Borehole complete! 16 hours of drilling, 32 hours of science and 30 instruments deployed beneath the ice shelf. Some bigger than others…. Success all around and now a day off before starting our move to our second site @BAS_News @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot

Great teamwork at #Fimbul! Mooring is in the water - now time for rest!

The borehole is open! 231.5 m of ice with 400 m of ocean beneath. We’ve been busy sampling all day, and soon we’ll be deploying the mooring that should observe the ocean for the next 10 years @BAS_News @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @NorskPolar

@DareliusElin @BjerknesBCCR @Geofysen @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot If you win, you have to collect your prize in person 😜

The bet is on - how thick is the ice? What's the freeboard? #Fimbul

We drilled a hole! After a full drill shake down followed by finding and fixing a few leaks, we made our first borehole down to the depth of the sub-ice cavity at 42 m @BAS_News @NorskPolar @OceanSeaIceNPI @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin

Good progress here on #Fimbul Ice Shelf! ✅ drill assembled ✅ heaters started ✅ flubber filling in process! @BAS_News @OceanSeaIceNPI @NorskPolar @IcefinRobot @DareliusElin