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WISSARD

The WISSARD research team set up an ultraviolet light collar at the top of the bore hole in Antarctica.

UNL drillers help make new discoveries in Antarctica

January 21, 2015

UNL drillers Daren Blythe and Dar Gibson shovel snow into a melter that provides water for the hot water drill that melted a hole through 800 meters of ice on top of subglacial Lake Whillans.

UNL drill powers discovery of microbes under Antarctic ice

August 25, 2014

Image from the 625-mile, 14-day traverse from McMurdo Station to the Lake Whillans drill site.

WISSARD named a top science story of 2013

December 17, 2013

UNL drillers at McMurdo Station last December before their deployment with the history-making WISSARD project. From left: Jeff Lemerey, Daren Blythe, Dar Gibson, Dennis Duling, Chad Carpenter, Graham Roberts and Justin Burnett. All are scheduled to redeploy to the ice this season along with a new crew member, Nathan Bowker.

ANDRILL project is a 'go' despite shutdown delay

October 30, 2013

ANDRILL to deploy two drills for 2013-14 season

September 18, 2013