There was a minimum of activity on the North side apart from the drilling itself, with occasional aircraft flying upwind of the drill site. Titanium drill head with carbide bits. Threading drill head onto the inner barrel. Note clean plastic gloves and coverall. The CS drill can provide 8.5 cm diameter cores to a depth of about 400 meters.
Operation is possible with a two-person crew, though a crew of three is recommended.
The Devon 2000 field trip started in early April on Devon Ice Cap, Nanavut, Canada. Due to time limitations no special effort was made to clean the new drill before it was shipped up North. As a pre-cleaning method in the field, a short core of about 13 meters was drilled before the clean core drilling process began. We assumed the drill would be significantly cleaned since the TiN coating on the drill head and nylon chips guide in the barrel, showed signs of polishing by the 13-m drilling operation. Therefore, core sections drilled at this stage may have some dust contamination from ordinary winter clothing.