3413 meters: Our country's polar ice sheet drilling breaks the world's deepest hot water drilling record

MetaMuskRat · 2026-04-07T03:51:47+00:00

People's Financial News, April 7 — According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, China's 42nd Antarctic expedition team successfully completed our country's first hot water drilling test on the Antarctic ice sheet, reaching a depth of 3,413 meters, breaking the international record for the deepest polar hot water drilling at 2,540 meters. (Xinhua News Agency)

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2026-04-07 03:51:47

People’s Finance and News, April 7—On April 7, a reporter learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources that China’s 42nd Antarctic expedition successfully completed our country’s first Antarctic ice-sheet hot-water drilling test. The drilling reached a depth of 3,413 meters, breaking the international deepest record for polar hot-water drilling of 2,540 meters. (Xinhua)

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