Although weather was windy and a ‘bit’ chilly, about -15˚C (5˚F), it didn’t keep the scientists from completing another successful work day at the NASA-SE site yesterday. Today’s goal is to drill holes in the ice for the installation of compaction instruments, weather permitting. If all goes according to plan, the team will pack up and begin another traverse tomorrow to the Saddle site, located approximately 100km (65 miles) due southwest on snow mobile. According to Mike, the work is officially half-way done!
William (Liam) Colgan, a colleague and researcher at Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), is very familiar with these traverses, as he was a member of the ACT-13 campaign among others. Liam kindly put together this map depicting the team’s positions along the Arctic Circle to date:
ACT-15 Positions on the Ice Sheet – courtesy of William Colgan
Thanks Liam!
-Barbara
