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Project Acronym: PASADO | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5022

ins.: 2008-09-18 02:00; ( Age: 17 yrs )
By: Scientists
Category: PotrokAike_

PotrokAike: 2008-09-18

After severe problems with impassable roads due to a coincidence ...
Scientists posing in front of the drill rig GLAD 800 (Global Lake Drilling to 800 m) set up for testing next to Laguna Potrok Aike.

After severe problems with impassable roads due to a coincidence of melting snow (20 cm) with heavy rainfalls at the end of August all equipment is now at the lake site. The field camp "Potrok City" is set up. Potrok City consists of 6 sleeping trailers (housing 36 drillers, scientists and the kitchen crew), 2 bathroom trailers, 1 dining trailer with a kitchen and 1 laboratory trailer. So far, all equipment has been compiled and tested. Containers are ready to be assembled to form the platform. In the next couple of days the new catamaran and the barge will be set afloat and drilling operations will start.