May 1: The first Green2Ice Field Season
The FOM office in Kangerlussuaq is now open!In 2025, ERC Synergy project, Green2Ice, takes over from EGRIP. Although EGRIP as a project is over, the name “EGRIP” will still be…
The FOM office in Kangerlussuaq is now open!In 2025, ERC Synergy project, Green2Ice, takes over from EGRIP. Although EGRIP as a project is over, the name “EGRIP” will still be…
Today we flew to Kangerlussuaq. We are disappointed we did not managed to find the borehole casing, but we hope that the data we have collected will be helpful for…
Today we have decided to stay at Summit Station and process all our newly collected GPR and GPS data. We picked the location and depth of reflections and plotted them…
Today our team grew with Adam from Summit Station joining us out to GRIP site. While Adam and Iben made a 1.2m snow pit inside the main snow pit to…
The day started out windy + foggy and with a standby for leaving Summit Station. We used the standby time to prepare the snowmobiles and the sledges, and only little…
After a whole day at Summit Station yesterday, we were happy to be back at the GRIP site. There was no contrast when we drove out to the site. White…
Early in the morning the wind speed increased to over 20 kt and made it unpleasant to work outside. This didn’t allow us to leave Summit station. Instead, we used…
The weather today made the working conditions unpleasant. With temperature at -36°C and wind speed at 13 knots (windchill -51°C) at planned departure, even the snowmobiles had a hard time…
Today there was less wind than the two previous days, so even though the temperature was lower, it was more pleasant to work outside. A perfect day to leave the…
Today the GRIP team had a tour around Summit Station’s facilities together with the other science team that arrived yesterday. After the tour around camp, it was time for snowmobile…