Current Inventory
Non-coring
Portable Hot Water Drills
These drills use hot water to create shallow holes in the ice; they are non-coring. Primary use is for producing shot holes and shallow access holes. Trransportable by light aircraft and helicopter.
These drills use hot water to create shallow holes in the ice; they are non-coring. Primary use is for producing shot holes and shallow access holes. Trransportable by light aircraft and helicopter.
Rapid Air Movement (RAM) Drill
Rapid Air Movement drill for the fast production of deep seismic shot holes approximately 100 mm in diameter to depths of 90 meters.
Rapid Air Movement drill for the fast production of deep seismic shot holes approximately 100 mm in diameter to depths of 90 meters.
Coring
2-Inch Drill
The 2-Inch drill is much smaller and lighter than the Badger-Eclipse Drill. The maximum depth to which this model of drill has cored is 42 meters. Core diameter is 51 mm.
The 2-Inch drill is much smaller and lighter than the Badger-Eclipse Drill. The maximum depth to which this model of drill has cored is 42 meters. Core diameter is 51 mm.
4-Inch Drill
A cable-suspended electromechanical drill that retrieves cores 104 mm in diameter down to approximately 400 meters depth.
A cable-suspended electromechanical drill that retrieves cores 104 mm in diameter down to approximately 400 meters depth.
Badger-Eclipse Drill
The Badger-Eclipse drill is an electromechanical drill that takes 81 mm (3.25-inch) diameter cores up to 400 meters depth. The drill system is transportable by small aircraft or helicopter.
The Badger-Eclipse drill is an electromechanical drill that takes 81 mm (3.25-inch) diameter cores up to 400 meters depth. The drill system is transportable by small aircraft or helicopter.
Blue Ice Drill
An agile drill capable of retrieving cores of approximately 9 1/2 inch diameter to depths up to 15 meters in solid ice.
An agile drill capable of retrieving cores of approximately 9 1/2 inch diameter to depths up to 15 meters in solid ice.
Chipmunk Small Coring Drill
The Chipmunk Small Coring Drill is designed to quickly retrieve 40 mm diameter ice cores to depths of 0.5 meters.
The Chipmunk Small Coring Drill is designed to quickly retrieve 40 mm diameter ice cores to depths of 0.5 meters.
DISC Drill
An electromechanical drill system capable of cutting and retrieving cores of ice to depths of 4,000 meters. The cores produced by the drill are 122 mm (4.8 inches) in diameter.
An electromechanical drill system capable of cutting and retrieving cores of ice to depths of 4,000 meters. The cores produced by the drill are 122 mm (4.8 inches) in diameter.
Electrothermal Drill
For drilling in warm ice; uses same winches as 4-Inch Drill.
For drilling in warm ice; uses same winches as 4-Inch Drill.
Hand Augers
There are three types of hand augers in the IDDO inventory: the SIPRE auger, the PICO auger, and the Kovacs auger.
There are three types of hand augers in the IDDO inventory: the SIPRE auger, the PICO auger, and the Kovacs auger.
Koci Drill
The Koci Drill is designed to perform in ice with entrained sand and rock. The drill produces 76-mm (3-inch) diameter cores 0.45 meter long.
The Koci Drill is designed to perform in ice with entrained sand and rock. The drill produces 76-mm (3-inch) diameter cores 0.45 meter long.
Prairie Dog
A modified hand auger that includes a stationary outer barrel to allow operation in solid ice, as well as firn. The drill can retrieve cores 102 mm in diameter to depths of 40 meters (w/ Sidewinder).
A modified hand auger that includes a stationary outer barrel to allow operation in solid ice, as well as firn. The drill can retrieve cores 102 mm in diameter to depths of 40 meters (w/ Sidewinder).
Sidewinder
The Sidewinder is not a drill but rather a drive/lifting system used in conjunction with either the PICO auger or the Prairie Dog and extends the max practical depth of coring w/ hand augers to 30 m.
The Sidewinder is not a drill but rather a drive/lifting system used in conjunction with either the PICO auger or the Prairie Dog and extends the max practical depth of coring w/ hand augers to 30 m.
