EAGER: Handbook of Hot Water Drill System (HWDS) Design Considerations and Best Practices.

该奖项为极地项目办公室南极综合系统科学中心的《EARGER：热水钻探系统(HWDS)设计考虑和最佳实践手册》提供支持。越来越多的科学项目提议使用热水钻探系统(HWDS)来快速和/或清洁地进入冰川和冰下系统。到目前为止，热水钻探系统一直是孤立开发的，还没有试图在一个地方收集不同系统的信息。该提案要求资金记录现有的HWDS，然后评估热水钻探系统的设计、测试和开发，该系统将与USAP计划不断发展的过冰穿越能力相结合。智力优势：热水钻探设计系统的最佳实践工作手册，包括安全考虑，早就应该出版了，它将1)为优化现有系统提供建议；2)在非常短期内为WISSARD(惠兰冰川下冰川接入和研究钻探)等已获资助的项目做出贡献；3)满足南极科学界的长期需要，他们已将快速、清洁地进入冰川和玻璃下环境作为未来几十年的首要任务。收集的信息将用于社区教育和培训，将讨论潜在的设计和操作权衡，并将确定如何优化集成的USAP导线和HWDS基础设施的能力。迫切需要为这一项目提供资金，因为这样的手册以前从未尝试过，需要在对这种汇编进行更大规模的投资之前证明是可行的。它符合南极综合系统科学(AISS)计划，因为优化的HWDS将满足包括生物学、地质学、冰川学和海洋学在内的许多不同南极研究学科的需求。广泛的影响：拟议的工作是代表南极研究界完成的，将寻求获取即将退休的经验丰富的热水钻探工程师的知识，并培养下一代热水钻探人员和工程师。这位私家侦探表示，他将与美国国内外此类系统的所有者合作。确定热水钻探的最佳实践将在未来为几个不同的南极研究团体节省大量的时间、精力和资金。

This award provides support for "EAGER: Handbook of Hot Water Drill System (HWDS) Design Considerations and Best Practices" from the Antarctic Integrated System Science within the Office of Polar Programs. More and more science projects are proposing to use hot-water drilling systems (HWDS) to rapidly and/or cleanly access glacial and subglacial systems. To date the hot-water drill systems have been developed in isolation, and no attempt has been made to gather information about the different systems in one place. This proposal requests funds to document existing HWDS, and to then assess the design, testing, and development of a hot-water drill system that will be integrated with the evolving over-ice traverse capability of the USAP program.Intellectual Merit: A working handbook of best practices for hot-water drill design systems, including safety considerations, is long overdue, and will 1) provide suggestions for optimizing current systems; 2) contribute in the very near term to already funded projects such as WISSARD (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access and Research Drilling); and 3) fit the long-term needs of the Antarctic science community who have identified rapid and clean access to glacial and subglaical environments as a top priority for the next decades. The collected information will be used for community education and training, will discuss potential design and operational trade-offs, and will identify ways to optimize the capabilities of an integrated USAP traverse and HWDS infrastructure. EAGER funding for this project is warranted because such a handbook has not been tried before, and needs to be shown to be doable prior to larger investments in such compilations. It fits the AISS (Antarctic Integrated System Science) program as an optimized HWDS will meet the needs of many different Antarctic research disciplines including biology, geology, glaciology, and oceanography.Broader Impacts: The proposed work is being done on behalf of the Antarctic research community, and will seek to capture the knowledge of experienced hot-water drill engineers who are nearing retirement, and to educate the next generation of hot-water drillers and engineers. The PI indicates he will work with the owners of such systems both within the US and abroad. Identification of best practices in hot-water drilling will save several different Antarctic research communities significant time, effort, and funding in the future.