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… Read More
A phone call this afternoon from Mike on the ice sheet revealed that the team has completed work at the EKT station; instruments are successfully transmitting data, and they are well ahead of schedule to boot! If the favorable weather trend continues, the team will start their next journey tomorrow towards the NASA-SE site, located at about 100… Read More
Update received this morning from Mike: “We’ve had a great string of weather, getting a ton done. Traversing to EKT today.”… Read More
A phone call from Babis on the ice sheet yesterday evening informed me that the team has traversed from Dye-2 to first science site KAN_U with great ease. This 66 km / 41 mile stretch of compacted, bumpy snow took forever to drive on our snow mobiles two years ago, having to strap and restrap boxes often, even though… Read More
Text received from Mike’s sat phone yesterday @ 8:15AM MDT: “Katabatic winds kicked up last night. Stranded at Dye2 til weather clears. Hunkered down, team doing well.” Don’t forget to track the ACT-15 team on the Ice Sheet! To display the trackers (BC19 and BC35) go to: http://datatransport.org/trackers/group/ACT-15 … Read More
The ACT-15 team arrived safely and have set up camp at Dye 2 for the night. The plan is to head out to KAN-U tomorrow, weather permitting. All is well!… Read More
We have a C-130 scheduled at 10 this morning to take us to the ice. Breakfast at 7:45, ready-time at 9:00. The entire team is excited to get going, and get this work started!! Hooray!… Read More
It’s a universal truth in polar science. Since the FirnCover team has finished frantically preparing for the field, we’re at the mercy of the weather, the flight schedules, and the priority of other missions. All three have conspired this week and our team is instructed to “stand down” another day. It was originally due to weather, but the morning dawned clear… Read More
just 4 more left!… Read More
