Hot water drill (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Hot water drill

Caption

The hot water drill used to drill through the glacier to the subglacial lakes. The drill stem is hundreds of meters below in the ice, suspended on a rubber hose through which hot water is pumped down.

Credit

Eric Gaidos

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