Recently, innovations in ice drilling have yielded considerable improvements to existing drilling techniques, as well as innovative drilling technologies that can be used in new types of applications. However, some specific challenges have to be addressed for improving existing drilling methods and developing new ones: (1) combination and unification of different drilling systems; (2) facilitating ice core breaking; (3) improving existing systems and developing new rapid-access ice drilling systems; (4) reliable elimination of ice hydraulic fracturing problems; (5) developing new environment-friendly methods of drilling in the sub-glacial lake sediments; and (6) design of unconventional ice drilling systems. Possible solutions to these problems are presented herein.

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冰钻技术的发展前景：继续讨论

最近，冰钻的创新已经对现有的钻探技术以及可用于新型应用的创新钻探技术产生了相当大的改进。然而，改进现有钻井方法和开发新方法必须解决一些具体挑战：（1）不同钻井系统的组合和统一；(2) 便于破冰芯；(3) 改进现有系统并开发新的快速进入冰钻系统；(4)可靠消除冰水压裂问题；(5) 开发在冰下湖泊沉积物中钻探的新的环保方法；(6) 非常规冰钻系统的设计。本文介绍了这些问题的可能解决方案。