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October 4, 2019

Drill head for IceCube Neutrino Observatory

A hot water drill head used to drill holes in the Antarctic Ice Sheet for research at the National Science Foundation's IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The drill is pictured here at the University of Wisconsin's Physical Sciences Lab, where it was undergoing maintenance.

Learn more about IceCube Here. (Date image taken: July 2019; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Oct. 4, 2019)

Credit: Bryce Richter/University of Wisconsin-Madison


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