The 2nd traverse towards EGRIP site made good time today, and they arrived this evening. Now, they will spend a day or two collecting all the sleds with cargo left…
The 2nd traverse towards EGRIP site made good time today, and they might arrive at EGRIP site tomorrow evening.Meanwhile at GRIP, we completed the framework on carpenter’s garage and began…
This morning, the 2nd traverse towards EGRIP site took off at 9.10L. The traverse consists of two Pistenbullys, three heavy sleds and a plastic sled. The team is Florian, Sverrir…
Today, work on the surface was focused on mainly two things: 1) getting sleds and equipment ready for the 2nd traverse, and 2) constructing our carpenter’s garage. Tomorrow, the 2nd…
Today, both our water systems were set to operate. We now have running hot and cold water in taps, a laundry machine active, a shower, a dishwasher, drinking water on…
Saturday was the first day in a week where the dome didn’t move a whole day. The traverse train had stopped 500 m before the future camp. The science traverse…
Snow conditions are really determining how well a tractor train performs on the ice sheet. Temperature of snow is important: Warm snow (higher than –8C) is soft, while cold snow…
Our team has entered a different mode. Firstly, the Pistenbullys only need three drivers so the remaining nine persons will have to spend long hours inside the dome while it…
It took most of the day to come up with a solution on how to transport our load under the soft snow conditions that were created by very high temperatures…
We spent the whole day making the first heavy traverse fully ready and finishing the loads for the second. Former EGRIP camp is cleaned up, and we moved the dome…