Some really good news: Saturday, the traverse crew reported that they found the GRIP borehole casing at 4.5 m depth. They lowered a borehole camera and found that the casing…
The ERC Synergy Project Green2Ice project (Green2Ice.eu) met one of its main objectives of the season on June 7th when we found the casing of the GRIP borehole. The GRIP…
The 109th have delayed their arrival to EGRIP at least until Sunday, and this means that our traverse crew, now at GRIP, probably cannot be picked up at Summit before…
At EGRIP, we are beginning to build piles of equipment on the surface. We have to empty our garages and empty our underground storage cave. The equipment will be sorted…
We are packing equipment down and staging it for loading on traverse train; but we also expect 12 persons from the 109th to repair the air craft parked here. When…
The days started fine. Weather was good, and people at EGRIP were eager to get going. And many things were done. However, at the first cup of coffee in the…
Most of the day, it was not worth it to work outside. Forecast for tomorrow however, tells us about a good long day of work ahead. We have a lot…
Weather deteriorated Saturday afternoon. We were prepared, and at EGRIP we kept each other company mainly inside the dome. As water supply is working, we did a lot of laundry:…
Big changes at EGRIP today. We successfully pulled the dome up a ramp to the surface. It now sits 100 m from the original spot. At the same time, we…
At EGRIP, the crew continued to excavate the sled and the ski under the dome. The cutting and removal of blocks is almost over. Three of the four skis are…