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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June 02: “Another beautiful day at GRIP”

With sunny and calm conditions here at GRIP for a third day in a row, Charlotte, Jonathan and Rahul set a new record in numbers of solar panels mounted on…

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June 01: “A big day here at GRIP”

With sunny and calm conditions here at GRIP again today, it was possible to really get things moving here in camp! The biggest move was the drillers and Thomas using…

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May 30 and 31: “A beautiful early summer weekend”

Saturday started windy and cloudy, but during the day the clouds gave way to sunshine, the wind decreased, and suddenly it felt like summer here at GRIP with low winds…

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May 29: “Slowly decreasing winds”

Today, the wind slowly started to decrease in strength as the day progressed, and the drifting thus stopped around noon. Hence, outside work got somewhat easier, even though the wind…

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May 28: “Drifting snow, but good progress”

As the wind from the north continues for the 3rd day in a row, snowdrifts are starting to build hampering our operations. Nevertheless, in a camp like this, there are…

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May 27: “A windy and cold period”

Yesterday wind picked up, and completely as forecast we had another windy day today – indeed if the forecast is correct winds will only relent when we approach the weekend.…

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