Martin is disassembling the floor of the last Viessmann cabin in the trenches.
Thursday 20th June 2024
Martin is disassembling the floor of the last Viessmann cabin in the trenches.
Drilling continued today, but at a slower pace due to necessary software updates. Sepp and Kyra finished the temperature logging of bore hole S8 and went on to dig out shallow hole S3 situated a couple of kilometres SSW of camp. In the trenches the workshop Viessmann cabin was disassembled. The empty trenches are almost unrecognizable to the experienced EGRIP participant. In the afternoon, Knut and Andrew took advantage of the improved weather and went some 30 km SW of camp with their radar. One skidoo had an electrical issue, and needed to go slow, so it became a late return to camp. In the meantime, Lee worked on making a smaller drone operational. In between, there was time to watch the soccer match between England and Denmark with great empathy and a slightly biased preference for the outcome. We also watch the website Polarportal.dk that is updating us on how much melt there is on the Greenland ice sheet. Whereas it is normal to have surface melt at the ice margin in the summer, the current situation is that the melt area is twice as large as it used to be at this time of the year in the period 1981-2010. It is only a question of time until we get wet feet at EGRIP.
What we did today:
Weather today: After spending a couple of days with overcast and complete whiteness, the Sun came back during the day. Large improvement for contrast, surface related work and the general mood of camp. Temperatures from -16°C to -7°C. Wind 0-10 kt from W. The evening was entirely calm and half the camp went hiking or skiing.
FL, Anders Svensson
Knut’s team out of camp with the radar for the first time. The camp in the background is helpful to determine what is up and down (picture from yesterday).
Greenland surface melt extent 2024 compared to previous years.