Glaciology in the Field
Collaboration with the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE) for the Glacioclim project brought the team out into the field to take GPS coordinates, measurements and drill for snow cores to assess snow accumulation and ice sheet movements over the past year.
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The base camp was entirely covered by snow in less than twelve hours
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Searching for the beacons on the ski-doo
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The convoy consists of a Prinoth, the survival cabin with the fuel, and the glaciology container which follows the team a hundred metres west of the beacons
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The LGGE project aims at measuring the snow accumulation and glacier drift from year to year
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Ascending the Romnoesfjellet
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The team drills to retrieve a snow core
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René Robert with the drill
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Taking the snow core out of the drill
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Erik holds the head of the drill which was stuck two metres deep and dug out with a shovel
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A blue drill hole in the snow
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Weighing the retrieved snow cores
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Measuring the angle direction of the beacon with a compass to know the angle of the wind
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Taking the GPS coordinates of a beacon
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Measuring the beacon
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The base camp overwhelmed by the snow
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Team: Alain, Gigi, Erik, and René
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