Expelling Ice Shavings
Description: It is important to raise the drill every now and then to clear out the ice shavings from the hole. In particular very cold ice shavings can flash-freeze and seize up the drill when near-freezing lakewater rushes into the drill hole from below.
| Photographer | Laurie Connell |
| Region | Antarctica |
| Location | Taylor Valley, Lake Fryxell |
| Day | 15 |
| Latitude | 77° 36.62'S |
| Longitude | 163° 08.77E |
| Elevation | Unknown |
| People | Andrew Babar, Hubert Staudigel |
| Keywords | Antarctica, Taylor Valley; Lake Fryxell, G-439 Project, G-439-2, McMurdo |
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