the Lake Ellsworth mission

Over 5 years science, engineering and technology teams will design and build a probe to take water and sediment samples, set up camp and use a hot-water drill to penetrate the 3 km ice sheet. This is fascinating a search for life in an extreme environment and a quest to find the secrets in the sediments ... read more

science mission

engineering mission

support mission

Is to collect water and sediment samples to determine the presence, origin and evolution of life in the lake and to reveal the past glacial history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Is to design, build and deploy hot water drilling technology and a sophisticated probe to penetrate the ice and sample the lake without contamination

Is to get all the heavy equipment, temporary accommodation and scientific instruments required for a successful experiment to understand Antarctica’s hidden world