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Vostok

General Information

Vostok is in proper stratigraphic order to about 3350 m depth. From 3350-3536 m depth, the ice is clean glacial/refrozen lake ice and is not in stratigraphic order. Discontinuous sections are available in the NSF-ICF archive. Several sections from other cores drilled at Vostok are also in the NSF-ICF archive.

Core(s) Available

Core Name Core ID Years Drilled Lat/Long Core Top (m) Core Bottom (m) Core Diameter (cm) Site Elevation Drilling Method Drillers Drilling Fluid Original PI PI Affiliation De-accessed
VOSTOK 3G VOST3G 1981-1989 -72.4666667, 106.8 192.50 2200.00 12.50 3500 Thermal Arctic & Antarctic Mining Institute Kerosene / Freon Michael Bender and Eric Saltzman Princeton University, University of Miami RSMAS No
VOSTOK 4G2 VOST4G2 1987-1990 -72.4666667, 106.8 183.30 2543.56 11.00 3500 Thermal / Electromechanical Arctic & Antarctic Mining Institute Kerosene / Freon Michael Bender and Eric Saltzman Princeton University, University of Miami RSMAS No
VOSTOK 5G VOST5G 1991-1997 -72.4666667, 106.8 97.00 3623.00 12.00 3500 Thermal / Electromechanical Arctic & Antarctic Mining Institute Kerosene / Freon Michael Bender and Eric Saltzman Princeton University, University of Miami RSMAS No
VOSTOK BH-1 VOSTBH-1 1991/1992 -72.4666667, 106.8 13.55 175.77 12.50 3500 Thermal Arctic & Antarctic Mining Institute Dry Michael Bender and Eric Saltzman Princeton University, University of Miami RSMAS No
VOSTOK BH-3 VOSTBH-3 1991/1992 -72.4666667, 106.8 58.10 125.41 12.00 3500 Electromechanical Claude Rado, Grenoble Dry Michael Bender and Eric Saltzman Princeton University, University of Miami RSMAS No
VOSTOK BH-5 VOSTBH-5 1991/1992 -72.4666667, 106.8 3.00 179.00 12.00 3500 Electromechanical Claude Rado, Grenoble Dry Michael Bender and Eric Saltzman Princeton University, University of Miami RSMAS Yes
VOSTOK BH-7 VOSTBH-7 1995-1996 -72.4666667, 106.8 31.00 250.45 12.00 3500 Electromechanical Claude Rado, Grenoble Dry Michael Bender and Eric Saltzman Princeton University, University of Miami RSMAS No
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