Glaciology Products Take a look through some of our equipment
Icefield instrument in Antarctica 2023
Icefield instrument was part of an international collaboration involving the retrieval of two 150-m ice core from an ice rise in the West Antarctic coastline.
High altitude drilling Mount Logan
In May 2022 a record breaking 327m core was recovered from the Mount Logan summit plateau at 5400m using an ECLIPSE drill with on-site support from Icefield Instruments.
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Icefield instrument in Antarctica 2021
Icefield instruments built and tested an ice reamer kit to bore a 260mm diameter hole.
Icefield instruments in Antarctica 2017
One contract took us to Antarctica where we were able to successfully drill to 210 meters in 14 days.
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Training on the Kaskawulsh glacier
A University of Calgary student was trained using the ECLIPSE ice drill by the Icefield Instruments Inc. team. They were able to drill two holes near Mount Logan.
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World's Oldest Ice Found With ECLIPSE Drill
Using Icefield Instruments Ice Coring Drill, researchers were able to recover the world's oldest ice chunk. Dated at 2.7 million years old, it is considerably older than the previous record holder of 1 million years found in 2015.
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Drilling 150m in 7 days
After training with us (near Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada), a team using the ECLIPSE ice drill travelled to Antarctica where they were able to drill to a depth of 150 meters in 7 days.
Eclipse ice coring drill and training
The ECLIPSE ice coring drill is a modified version of the Danish intermediate-depth tipping-tower drill designed at the University of Copenhagen. This drill is intended for drilling dry or wet holes to depths of up to 400m.
Horizontal Band Saw
The horizontal band saw is capable of both horizontal and vertical cuts, with adjustable feed rate, adjustable cutting height, fast retraction speed, and feed clutch. The system uses a moving saw design and includes emergency stop and a remote control.
Contract drilling
Services and on-site training for intermediate depth drilling (0-350m) at any location.
Consulting Services
Icefield Instruments Inc. can provide a wide variety of consulting services related to glaciology and hydrology.
