July 16, 2019

Ice age man in camp

Ice age man Will

The cfa warm lab has had problems with dripping water into the cabin the last week. It has been solved as the outlet of the ventilation tube had been buried in the new surface snow. Will had placed a towel on the roof of the cabin to limit the drips. Today the towel was frozen and gives Will the look of an ice age man.

What we did during the day:

1. CFA measurements of 31 bags, last bag 3521.
2. PP measurements, last bag 3806
3. Station for atmospheric moisture sampling and isotopic measurement is active.
4. Made the first drive test and connected all cables to the Mills Cross radar
5. Continued work on rover
6. Drilled 24.96 m of the 50 km upstream ice core S4 (75’ 16.236’’N, 37’ 00.444’’W, 2749 m)
7. Repaired cut elevator cable and closed the elevator for this year
8. Removed drifts around the Drone tent
9. Prepared the AWI RAMAC radar for a profle to the 50 km upstream shallow coring site

EGRIP population is 23

Weather: Wind from 3kts increasing to 9kts fromWSW to W. Sunny all day. Temperatures from -17°C to -8°C.

FL, Dorthe Dahl-jensen

Stephen showing the cross arm of the Mills Cross radar. The radar panels are placed on a ballon and on top of the panels plywood and a tower stiffens the radar that is floating on the balloon.