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Expedition: EPICA 2005/06

3 November 2005 - 8 February 2006 Dronning Maud Land

EPICA to the bottom in Dronning Maud Land

The deep ice core drilling project at the German Kohnen Station in Dronning Maud Land (DML) is part of the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) which started one decade ago. 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.
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