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Ellesmere Island 2015
Ellesmere Island 2015
Derek Mueller
2017-03-23T18:47:37-04:00
A dramatic shot of Jill, Kevin and Andrew on the way back from a long day of CTD profiling on the Milne Glacier.
Adam’s tent on the medial moraine of the Milne Glacier with the tributary glacier in the background.
Adam and Kevin’s tents at the Purple Valley camp site.
CTD profiling and ice thickness measuring out on open Arctic Ocean waters beyond the Milne Ice Shelf.
Milne Ice Shelf camp site on a nice and sunny day.
Sling load of gear to set up the Milne Ice Shelf camp.
Andrew and Kevin doing a daily CTD cast at the Milne Ice Shelf camp site.
Fog rolling in from the coast at the Milne Ice Shelf camp site.
Panoramic shot taken near the Milne Glacier camp site. Tributary glacier seen to the right.
Group shot left to right: Adam Garbo, Andrew Hamilton, Jill Rajewicz, Kevin Xu
Ablation stake installed by Adam to track daily melt while at the glacier camp site.
Rare wildlife spotted while servicing time lapse cameras along the Purple Valley ridge.
Jill intently working on instrument spacing on her mooring line on the Milne Ice Shelf.
Twin otter plane taking off from Purple Valley campsite.
View from the time lapse cameras overlooking the Milne Glacier.
Types of broken terrain required to cross while CTD profiling on the Milne Glacier.
Andrew celebrating his birthday while out in the field at the Purple Valley camp site. He had a special gift from Chris Hatfield!
Jill’s CTD profile setup at the Milne Ice Shelf camp site.
Attempting to find a way back to our Milne Glacier camp in the fog.
A windsock at the Eureka air strip.
Andrew in the helicopter on the way to work in the field.
Jill investigating the state of Luke Copland’s weather station, while Adam and Andrew look on intently.
Group shot after a job well done. From left to right: Andrew Hamilton, Adam Garbo, Jill Rajewicz, Kevin Xu
Andrew CTD profiling and Jill setting up the outer Milne Ice Shelf mooring.
Gear packed and loaded. Kevin and Jill on our way in to the field on a twin otter.
Adam and Andrew, clean and freshly shaven, heading out in to the field on a twin otter.
Side profile of tributary glacier leading into the Milne Glacier.
Plant life along the ridge of the Milne Glacier.
Stunning snow and ice formation on the outer edge of the Milne Ice Shelf.
Panoramic shot of the Milne Glacier taken from the site of one of the time-lapse cameras.
Melt patters in the Milne Ice Shelf as seen from the helicopter.
Andrew and Kevin using the auger to drill a new hole for CTD profiling.
Kevin and Adam with the marvellous new toilet.
Shot of our helicopter at the epishelf lake mooring.
Purple Valley camp on a nice and sunny day.
Melt stream on the Milne Ice Shelf (and yes walking through the water is cold!)
Supraglacial melt channels leading into a larger melt stream on the tributary glacier.
First setting up of camp shortly after arrival to the Purple Valley camp site.
Amazing geology seen from the helicopter while transiting from Purple Valley to the Milne Ice Shelf
Adam’s tent on the Milne Ice Shelf camp after thick fog had rolled in.
Fog rolling in to Purple Valley camp site.
Shot of gear at a lunch stop while heading to the tributary glacier to test out the ice penetrating radar.
Melt stream on the tributary glacier leading into the Milne Glacier. Very refreshing water to drink.
Shot of the tributary glacier leading into the Milne Glacier.
Adam on the descent from time lapse camera servicing on the Milne Glacier.
Andrew calling in to the PCSP on the satellite phone.
Adam on a warm and sunny day on the Milne Ice Shelf drilling holes in the ice.
Andrew majestically looking into the distance on the Milne Ice Shelf.
Jill waist deep in the frigid waters for science! She swears her GPS point was around there somewhere.
Jill doing a CTD cast at the epishelf lake mooring.
Milne Ice Shelf camp after the fog rolled out.
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