Zierke Simon zierke@physik.rwth-aachen.de 0000-0002-0731-2491 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 Audehm Jan audehm@physik.rwth-aachen.de Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 Do Mia Giang miagiang.do@physik.rwth-aachen.de Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 Espe Clemens espe@gsi-systems.de Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 Feldmann Marco feldmann@gsi-systems.de Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 Francke Gero francke@gsi-systems.de Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 Heinen Dirk 0000-0002-4502-7288 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 Schöttler Fabian schoettler@gsi-systems.de Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 Wiebusch Christopher 0000-0002-6418-3008 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen RWTH http://www.rwth-aachen.de/ https://ror.org/04xfq0f34 2026 Melting Performance Telemetry of the TRIPLE-IceCraft Melting Probe on the Ekström Ice Shelf, Antarctica dataset https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995250 2026-06-08T09:18:14 This dataset contains operational telemetry recorded during the TRIPLE-IceCraft technical demonstration conducted in the 2023/2024 field season. The experiment was carried out near Neumayer Station III, approximately 1 km south of the edge of the Ekström Ice Shelf. During the campaign, the TRIPLE-IceCraft melting probe successfully drilled a vertical borehole to a final depth of 53 m. The IceCraft is equipped with an internal cable storage system that unspools the cable in a controlled manner during descent, ensuring a constant contact pressure on the melting surface. The controlled parameter is the tensile force acting on the cable, which is anchored to a surface crane. The probe features a forward melting head for downward melting, a rear melting head enabling upward re-melting during recovery, and side heater elements to prevent refreezing to the melt channel walls. The dataset provides time-resolved measurements of probe depth, feedrate, applied cable force, total electrical power consumption, and calculated front melting head power. The reported total power represents the combined electrical power of all onboard systems, including melting heads and side heaters, while the calculated melting head power corresponds exclusively to the forward melting head. These data document the temporal evolution of the melting process and the interaction between the probe and the surrounding ice under real conditions. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung 2016 Neumayer III and Kohnen Station in Antarctica operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute journal article Journal of large-scale research facilities JLSRF 2 https://doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-2-152 A85 Heinen Dirk 0000-0002-4502-7288 Audehm Jan audehm@physik.rwth-aachen.de Becker Fabian fabian.becker@fu-berlin.de 0000-0001-6981-7164 Boeck Georg Espe Clemens espe@gsi-systems.de Feldmann Marco feldmann@gsi-systems.de Francke Gero francke@gsi-systems.de Friend Pia Haberberger Niklas Helbin Klaus Thanh Nghe Chi Stelzig Michael Vossiek Martin Wiebusch Christopher 0000-0002-6418-3008 Zierke Simon zierke@physik.rwth-aachen.de 0000-0002-0731-2491 2021 The TRIPLE Melting Probe - an Electro-Thermal Drill with a Forefield Reconnaissance System to Access Subglacial Lakes and Oceans, OCEANS 2021: San Diego - Porto, San Diego, CA, USA report https://doi.org/10.23919/OCEANS44145.2021.9705999 7 pp -8.25 -8.21094 -70.65 -70.575 -8.23047 -70.61250000000001 2023-12-29T09:45:48 2023-12-30T21:36:00 0.00178 53.13559 Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven AWI https://www.awi.de/ https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003207 AWI_ANT_20 TripleIceCraft Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space BMFTR https://www.bmbf.de/DE/Home/home_node.html https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 50RK1955 TRIPLE-IceCraft - Entwicklung einer Schmelzsonde (GSI GmbH) https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=50RK1955 Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space BMFTR https://www.bmbf.de/DE/Home/home_node.html https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 50RK1956 TRIPLE-IceCraft - Entwicklung einer Schmelzsonde (RWTH Aachen) https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=50RK1956 Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space BMFTR https://www.bmbf.de/DE/Home/home_node.html https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 50RK2450A TRIPLE-IceCraft-2 - Erforschung und Entwicklung einer Schmelzsonde (GSI GmbH) https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=50RK2450A Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space BMFTR https://www.bmbf.de/DE/Home/home_node.html https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 50RK2450B TRIPLE-IceCraft-2 - Erforschung und Entwicklung einer Schmelzsonde (RWTH Aachen) https://foerderportal.bund.de/foekat/jsp/SucheAction.do?actionMode=view&fkz=50RK2450B Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space BMFTR https://www.bmbf.de/DE/Home/home_node.html https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 50RK2450C TRIPLE-IceCraft-2 - 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