Hot water drilling at Langhovde Glacier, East Antarctica



Project members

Principal investigator

Shin Sugiyama
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
- Ice dynamics, Drilling, Borehole instrumentation

2011/12 field members

Takanobu Sawagaki
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
- Satellite data analysis, Drilling, Borehole camera

Takehiro Fukuda
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
- Satellite data analysis, Ice radar, Drilling

Co-investigators

Shigeru Aoki
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
- Ocean dynamics, Water sampling

Satoshi Imura
National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo
- Subglacial sampling, Subglacial biology

Tsutomu Yamanokuchi
Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, Tsukuba
- Satellite data analysis, Grounding line detection

Kazuki Nakamura
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba
- Satellite data analysis, Glacier dyanmics

Masato Furuya
School of Science, Hokkaido University
- Satellite data analysis, Ice dynamics

Takashi Saito
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
- Glacier mass balance, Photogrametry

Kunio Shinbori
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
- Hot water drilling system, Borehole instrumentation

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