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Additional Pictures
Date: 2002.02.13

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THUMBNAIL NAME REMARKS DEPTH (m)
UN_coring_10.jpg The core sections in a wooden core box. After the first analysis in the Core Trailer, most of the cores are split into core sections of approximately 1m length. The sub-samples are transported in special cooler-boxes. n.a. - n.a.
UN_coring_11.jpg In the Mallik core trailer the cores are finally prepared for the transport to Inuvik. After the splitting of the cores in 1-meter-sections, the transport is done by small trucks on the Ice Road to Inuvik. n.a. - n.a.
UN_coring_12.jpg Finally the boxes with core sections arrives at the loading station at the Inuvik Research Centre. n.a. - n.a.
UN_coring_5.jpg Winch of Corion wireline core system at the Mallik drill site. n.a. - n.a.
UN_coring_6.jpg A core from the Mallik5L-38 well comes up the borehole. Most of the core runs have a length of approximately 7 meters. n.a. - n.a.
UN_coring_7.jpg The cores will be transported directly into the nearby Core Trailer after retrieval. n.a. - n.a.
UN_coring_8.jpg Mark Nixon in the Core Trailer in Mallik nearby the 5L borehole. The cores are immediately carried to this trailer in a frozen state for the first description, sub-sampling and preparation. n.a. - n.a.
UN_coring_9.jpg Gas hydrate samples are put inside pressure vessels. This procedure pressurises the samples to keep the hydrates within their stability zone. n.a. - n.a.