May 15: Summer comes too early, and with wind

We now have no problems staying warm. Relatively strong wind from WSW carries warm temperatures with it. Temperatures have risen from -27 C a few days ago to a high…

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May 14: Second day at EGRIP – sleeping in cold conditions

We had one night with cold conditions. This morning, the dome was above freezing, and by evening, we had room temperature in the dome. Everybody is fine, and it was…

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May 13: Finally, put-in at EGRIP

With a four-day delay, the put-in crew of EGRIP finally arrived in cold, windy and clear weather. We are now ten people at EGRIP: Anders, Thomas, Louise, Christoph, Sverrir, Frederik,…

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May 11-12: Waiting in Kangerlussuaq

Sunday, May 11The team spent a calm day at the harbour, passing time with some ice fishing. Three fish were caught and later prepared for dinner and served alongside grilled…

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May 10: Field Report: Week 1 – May 5–10, 2025

Monday, May 5The put-in crew arrived late in the evening of Monday in Kangerlussuaq, May 5, and settling in at KISS.Tuesday, May 6First thing on the to do was finding…

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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…

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May 10: Leaving SUMMIT Station

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…

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May 9: Processing Data

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…

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May 8: Continue Searching for the Borehole Casing

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…

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