No fieldwork today. 25 m/s wind at our field site, rain and high waves prevent us from going out. Luckily we got our sea water sampling and CTD profiling done yesterday. Even got to meet some local wildlife hanging out at the glacier front. Probably… Read More »Meet the local wildlife
2 days without fieldwork felt like being an alcoholic on depriviation. But finally we managed to get out again yesterday and pull a long day in the field. 9 hours at the lake in addition to all the time spent hiking up and down and… Read More »The ice is coming up
I had to wait 4.5 years to repeat my steam drilling picture with Léo. Admittedly the light was better last time. Well you can’t compare October in Hornsund with June in Kongsfjorden. Please note the size of the gas bottle we are hauling around on… Read More »The gas bottle
Heavy fog is effectly forcing us to stay in town today. Moving in and out, making it hard to see even the houses in town. Well good time to sort through some pictures. Here is another one from fools going for a glacier swim.
Another long day on the glacier. The lake level is still going up by about 1.3 meters per day. My GPS is by now nicely centered in the middle of the lake (and probably 10 m under water). And we have reached the uplift stage.… Read More »A spooky place
George trying to run for the glaciologist of the month calendar. I feel very proud to call myself a doctor in nature sciences, having earned a degree for running around and making a fool of myself on glaciers. Now that I’m a professional glaciologist, I… Read More »Glaciologist of the month
May I present: The glacier hovercraft. Patent pending. Our long discussion solution which ended up working absolutely amazing. We felt like big idiots walking up the glacier with that thing, but it turned out marvelous on the way down. Far too much water up there… Read More »The glacier hovercraft
We made it. The laser scanner is back in town. Don’t ask how. Lots of wet feet, pants, backpacks, boots, some succesful jumps, even more unsuccesful ones and a lot of laughs about four idiots hauling around heavy crap on a glacier during the worst… Read More »Made it
Taking it easier today after two long days on the glacier. Managed to sample four stations close to the glacier fronts with water samples and CTD profiles. The subglacial water started flowing and the fjord turns brown. Loads of wildlife as an effect of the… Read More »Bad news
More weet feet! The melt has now really been picking up. Meltwater is pooling all over the glacier and crossing it means going through snow with up to half a meter of ice water underneath. Sometimes we cross a passage, come back a few hours… Read More »The moulin is gone