Today was a historic day for the U.S. ice core drilling community. The WAIS Divide ice core is now longest American drilled ice core in history! At 12:02 a.m. we drilled to a depth of 3056 meters, surpassing the goal set in Greenland at the GISP2 drill site (~3,053 meters). We are all thrilled to reach this goal! We are still drilling deeper and keep getting closer to our goal of 3,330 meters.
Along with a celebration of this ice core we also celebrated my birthday! I couldn't have asked for a better birthday present!
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