| Date | 2006-10-31 to 2006-12-26 |
| Lat/Long | -77.8894°, 167.0893° |
| Total Depth | 1284.85 m |
ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS) Project
The key aim of the MIS Project is to determine past ice shelf responses to climate forcing, including variability at a range of timescales. To achieve this aim ANDRILL will recover core from beneath the McMurdo Ice Shelf. The primary target for the MIS site is a 1200 meter-thick body of Plio-Pleistocene (0-5 million years ago) glacimarine, terrigenous, volcanic, and biogenic sediment that has accumulated in the Windless Bight region of a flexural moat basin surrounding Ross Island. A single ~1000 meter-deep drillcore will be recovered from approximately 900m of water.
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