Antarctica and especially its ice sheets play a major role in the global ocean current system and climate. The ANDRILL (Antarctic Geological Drilling) MIS deep drilling project (McMurdo Sound, NE Ross Ice Shelf, drilled core AND-1B during austral summer 2006/2007) is located in a flexural moat basin filled with sediments of different origins. For the first time, sediments beneath an ice shelf were drilled, which provides a unique opportunity to investigate the Ross Ice Shelf variability. During the drilling phase, major and minor elements were measured using a non-destructive X-Ray Fluorescence Core Scanner. The core covers a time period much longer than any Antarctic ice core record. The high-resolution data set of XRF-core scans allows estimating climate changes on small time scales. This report covers the early stage of the project, focus mainly on data preparation and correction and gives a first rough interpretation of the measured data.