A map showing the distribution of projects within the LARISSA Program on the Antarctic Peninsula. Note that the location of the Bruce Plateau ice core drill site is marked by a blue circle two-thirds down in the center of the map. Credit: Hamilton College/National Science Foundation.
Once sections of the ice core have been retrieved, segmented and packaged in plastic sleeves inside cardboard tubes, they are stored in a snow pit adjacent to the drill dome. Ultimately, they are carried out from the drill site to the British Rothera station where they are stored in freezers awaiting transport back to Ohio State University. Credit Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Ohio State University.
Cores are brought up to the surface within the drill dome, laid out for examination and then cut into segments for storage. From left, expedition leader Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Roberto Filippi and Benjamin Vicencio. Credit Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Ohio State University.
Members of the LARISSA drilling project working inside the geodesic dome on the Bruce Plateau. Note the retrieved core section held on the table in the center of the image and team member Victor Zagorodnov examining the drill itself. Credit Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Ohio State University.
Whenever weather permitted -- which wasn't often -- Twin Otter aircraft would fly supplies in to the Bruce Plateau camp and carry out packaged core segments for storage at Rothera station. Credit Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Ohio State University.

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