The deep ice core drilling project at the German Kohnen Station in Dronning Maud Land (DML) was part of the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA), which started in 1996.
The drilling at Kohnen Station reached the bedrock in the season 2005/06 after four seasons of drilling. The final depth was recorded as 2 774 m.
Principal investigator
Margareta Hansson
Stockholm University