June 12: “Obstacles!”

Some days are more difficult than others when doing filed work, and today we had one of the more “interesting” days! The drillers lowered a high-res camara down in the…

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June 11: “Progress all around”

Another day of nice weather, means another busy day here at GRIP. The GEUS Twin Otter thus took fuel and loaded up equipment in the morning, and headed off to…

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June10: “Sepp’s birthday with many guests!”

Today was very special here at GRIP, first of all it was Sepp’s birthday, and secondly, we got visitors in camp, as the GEUS Twin Otter arrived after servicing a…

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June 09: “A beautiful sunny Tuesday”

A beautiful sunny TuesdayToday was another beautiful sunny day with light winds, so the solar panel team opted for making the most of the favourable conditions moving up the dome,…

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June 08: “Cloudy but nice low winds”

Today we did not see much of the sun, but also the wind was mostly absent, which is a great help for our outdoor tasks. Hence, our solar panel team,…

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June 06 and 07: “A busy and cosy weekend”

With plane operations starting again in only a week, it was time to begin grooming our skiway again. Using a Pistenbully both Saturday and Sunday, Thomas managed to go over…

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June 05: “The inside of the drill tent really coming together”

Our current Green2Ice GRIP drill team: Grant, Kevin, Julien, Chantal and James, with various helpers along the way have really made impressive progress, and now the inside of the drillers…

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June 04: “Making the most of a beautiful day”

With the scaffold set in place yesterday, Charlotte, Jonathan and Rahul were all set to make good use of todays beautiful weather for mounting more solar panels on the dome,…

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The happy digging group on the stairs of the freshly dug inclined trench. From top downwards: Carlos, Grant, Kevin, James, Jonathan, Chantal and Julien. (Photo by Sepp).

June 03:”Wind, snow drift and snow showers”

Today the nice calm weather came to an end here at GRIP, with wind picking up from south, and both snowdrift and even some snow showers in the late afternoon.…

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