Ice Fishing for Neutrinos
Ignorant and lucky at the bottom of the Earth

This excerpt is from chapter 8, “Enter Bruce,” in which the incomparable master driller, Bruce Koci, joins the project. The editors at Nautilus magazine have done a fine job editing it for online publication. I’m somewhat relieved that they’ve left out some of the juicier parts, but I think you’ll find them entertaining in the book itself.