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Ice Drilling Program LONG RANGE DRILLING TECHNOLOGY PLAN June 30, 2020 Sponsor: National Science Foundation Ice Drilling Program - LONG RANGE DRILLING TECHNOLOGY PLAN - June 30, 2020 Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 4 2.0 ICE AND ROCK DRILLING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES ................................................................. 7 Chipmunk Drill ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Hand Augers .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Sidewinder .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Prairie Dog ............................................................................................................................................... 11 Stampfli Drill ............................................................................................................................................ 12 Blue Ice Drill (BID) ................................................................................................................................... 13 Badger-Eclipse Drill ................................................................................................................................. 14 4-Inch Drill ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Electrothermal Drill ................................................................................................................................. 16 Foro 400 Drill ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Small Hot Water Drill .............................................................................................................................. 18 Rapid Air Movement (RAM) Drill ............................................................................................................ 19 Agile Sub-Ice Geological (ASIG) Drill........................................................................................................ 20 Winkie Drill .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Sediment Laden Lake Ice Drill (SLLID) ..................................................................................................... 23 Deep Ice Sheet Coring (DISC) Drill ........................................................................................................... 24 Replicate Coring ...................................................................................................................................... 25 700 M Drill ............................................................................................................................................... 26 Foro 1650 Drill ......................................................................................................................................... 27 Foro 3000 Drill ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Scalable Hot Water Drill (ScHWD) ........................................................................................................... 29 Rapid Access Ice Drill (RAID) ................................................................................................................... 30 Logging Winches ..................................................................................................................................... 32 3.0 DECOMMISSIONED SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 34 2-Inch Drill ............................................................................................................................................... 34 Koci Drill .................................................................................................................................................. 34 2 of 52 Ice Drilling Program - LONG RANGE DRILLING TECHNOLOGY PLAN - June 30, 2020 Miscellaneous Equipment ....................................................................................................................... 34 4.0 DRILLING FLUID ............................................................................................................................... 35 5.0 RESPONSES TO TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES FROM THE LONG RANGE SCIENCE PLAN 2020-2030 ... 39 6.0 FIELD SUPPORT OF SCIENCE PROJECTS ........................................................................................... 45 7.0 EXPENDITURES ................................................................................................................................ 45 8.0 CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES ............................................................................. 46 9.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................... 48 10.0 ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................................... 49 Appendix 1 – Long Range Project Schedule ................................................................................................ 51 Appendix 2 – Current and Near-Term Estimated Budgets for Development and Maintenance & Upgrade Work 52 Cover photos: (upper left) Foro 3000 assembly at the IDP warehouse in Madison, WI (photo credit: Jay Johnson); (upper right) Borehole logging at South Pole Station with the IDP Intermediate Depth Logging Winch (photo credit: Jim Koehler); (lower right) Blue Ice Drilling at Allan Hills, Antarctica (photo credit: Ian van Coller); (lower left) Winkie Drilling on Thwaites Glacier (photo credit: Brent Goehring). 3 of 52 Ice Drilling Program - LONG RANGE DRILLING TECHNOLOGY PLAN - June 30, 2020 1.0 INTRODUCTION The U.S. Ice Drilling Program (IDP) Long Range Science Plan lays out recommended directions for U.S. ice coring and drilling science. This companion Long Range Drilling Technology Plan addresses the drills and technologies needed to successfully implement the Science Plan. Much of the equipment mentioned is already being developed or maintained by IDP as part of its inventory of NSF equipment. This plan also describes the latest development projects at IDP. Finally, this plan briefly addresses the funding allocated for its implementation. Highlights/Changes for this 2020-2030 Update: General highlights and changes: Expanded list of Recommended Technology Investments as proposed by the IDP Science Advisory Board and other community members. Many of the proposed investments focus on defining requirements for desired technology to meet emerging science goals. IDP-WI anticipates having increased capacity for this type of work in the near-term, with field work in both the Arctic and Antarctic postponed due to COVID-19. Additions: Added plans to pursue formulation of a number of IDP Science Requirements documents for new technologies. Plan to purchase additional ASIG Drill components to complete fulfillment of the original system science requirements. Plan to discuss an approach to evaluating the condition of boreholes, fluid levels over time, and bailing or removing fluid from boreholes. Deletions: None. The high priority tasks and investments identified by the IDP Science Advisory Board (SAB) are shown below as listed in the U.S. Ice Drilling Program Long Range Science Plan 2020-2030. Recommended Technology Investments The following investments in drilling technologies are expected to be needed to accomplish science goals envisioned for the next decade. Investments prioritized by time, from discussions of the IDP Science Advisory Board, include: Priority 1 (needed this year): Maintain and upgrade agile equipment in inventory, including: Hand Augers, Sidewinders, the 4” Electromechanical Drills, the 3” Electrothermal Drill, the 3.25” Badger-Eclipse Drills, the Stampfli 4 of 52 Ice Drilling Program - LONG RANGE DRILLING TECHNOLOGY PLAN - June 30, 2020 Drill, Logging Winches, the Small Hot Water Drills, the Blue Ice Drill, the Prairie Dog, the Agile Sub-Ice Geological Drill (ASIG), the Rapid Air Movement Drill (RAM) Drill, and the Winkie Drill. Implement Foro 400 Drill system modifications following the recent first deployment of the system. Finish fabrication of a second ice-ready Winkie Drill. Develop the IDP Conceptual Design for clean sample acquisition from a hot water ice coring drill for sediment-laden basal ice samples. Develop the IDP Conceptual Design for retrieving rock, basal ice, sediment, and water from West Antarctic (e.g., Mt. Resnik) and East Antarctic sites (e.g., within Wilkes Basin) (consider suite of existing or new drills, e.g. large hole with hot water drill, then deploy sediment core or rock core, retrieve basal ice) Develop IDP Science Requirements for collecting a small amount (e.g. chips or up to 10 cm) of sub-ice rock using a lightweight tethered ice core drill, for example the Eclipse and Stampfli drills. Develop IDP Science Requirements