The drillhead of IceCube's Enhanced Hot WaterDrill emerges from the ice in a December 2010 picture.
冰立方增强型热水钻的钻头从冰层中显露出来。
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To reach the icy depths, scientists designed and built the Enhanced Hot WaterDrill, which can penetrate more than 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) of ice in less than two days.
为了达到既定的冰层深度,科学家们设计并建造了增强型热水钻(Enhanced Hot Water Drill),这种设备可以在不到两天的时间里穿透厚度超过两公里的冰层。
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Because his 500 acres sits on a lousy patch on the water table, every well he drill has to go deeper than the last one.