Brief communication: The Danish replicate drilling system –  results from the first field test

Westhoff, Julien; Boeckmann, Grant Vernon; Rathmann, Nicholas Mossor; Hansen, Steffen Bo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3623-2025

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3623-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-3623-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 9

Brief communication

|

10 Sep 2025

Brief communication |

| 10 Sep 2025

Brief communication: The Danish replicate drilling system – results from the first field test

Julien Westhoff, Grant Vernon Boeckmann, Nicholas Mossor Rathmann, and Steffen Bo Hansen

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Final revised paper (published on 10 Sep 2025)
Preprint (discussion started on 10 Dec 2024)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on egusphere-2024-3081', Bryn Hubbard, 15 Jan 2025

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-3081/egusphere-2024-3081-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3081-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Julien Westhoff, 15 Mar 2025
  
  Dear Bryn Hubbard,
  thank you very mich for a positive review of our manuscript. We will include your comments and you can find the detailed replies in the attached pdf file.
  All the best,
  Julien Westhoff et al.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3081-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on egusphere-2024-3081', Jay Johnson, 19 Jan 2025

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-3081/egusphere-2024-3081-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3081-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Julien Westhoff, 15 Mar 2025
  
  Dear Jay Johnson,
  thank you very mich for a positive review of our manuscript. We will include your comments and suggestions. You can find the detailed replies in the attached pdf file.
  All the best,
  Julien Westhoff et al.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3081-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (28 Mar 2025) by Adam Booth

AR by Julien Westhoff on behalf of the Authors (17 Apr 2025) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Jun 2025) by Adam Booth

AR by Julien Westhoff on behalf of the Authors (26 Jun 2025) Manuscript

Short summary

We report on the successful test of a new replicate drilling system for ice cores. This system allows for the ice core drill to deviate from the parent (the original borehole), drilling into the side of the wall. Thus, we can produce a second ice core from any desired depth, increasing the amount of sample available for scientific purposes. In the paper, we present the results from the first field tests and the challenges we encountered.