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  3. Ellesmere Island 2015
Ellesmere Island 2015Derek Mueller2017-03-23T18:47:37-04:00
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.
Melt stream on the Milne Ice Shelf (and yes walking through the water is cold!)

Sling load of gear to set up the Milne Ice Shelf camp.
Adam on the descent from time lapse camera servicing on the Milne Glacier.
Jill’s CTD profile setup at the Milne Ice Shelf camp site.

Andrew majestically looking into the distance on the Milne Ice Shelf.
Kevin and Adam with the marvellous new toilet.
Andrew celebrating his birthday while out in the field at the Purple Valley camp site. He had a special gift from Chris Hatfield!

Supraglacial melt channels leading into a larger melt stream on the tributary glacier.
A dramatic shot of Jill, Kevin and Andrew on the way back from a long day of CTD profiling on the Milne Glacier.
Shot of the tributary glacier leading into the Milne Glacier.

Andrew CTD profiling and Jill setting up the outer Milne Ice Shelf mooring.
Adam’s tent on the Milne Ice Shelf camp after thick fog had rolled in.
Jill investigating the state of Luke Copland’s weather station, while Adam and Andrew look on intently.

Andrew and Kevin doing a daily CTD cast at the Milne Ice Shelf camp site.
Side profile of tributary glacier leading into the Milne Glacier.
Types of broken terrain required to cross while CTD profiling on the Milne Glacier.

Fog rolling in to Purple Valley camp site.
Andrew calling in to the PCSP on the satellite phone.
Andrew and Kevin using the auger to drill a new hole for CTD profiling.

Melt stream on the tributary glacier leading into the Milne Glacier. Very refreshing water to drink.
Milne Ice Shelf camp site on a nice and sunny day.
Fog rolling in from the coast at the Milne Ice Shelf camp site.

Gear packed and loaded. Kevin and Jill on our way in to the field on a twin otter.
Andrew in the helicopter on the way to work in the field.
Ablation stake installed by Adam to track daily melt while at the glacier camp site.

Shot of our helicopter at the epishelf lake mooring.
Group shot after a job well done. From left to right: Andrew Hamilton, Adam Garbo, Jill Rajewicz, Kevin Xu
Jill doing a CTD cast at the epishelf lake mooring.

Panoramic shot of the Milne Glacier taken from the site of one of the time-lapse cameras.
Shot of gear at a lunch stop while heading to the tributary glacier to test out the ice penetrating radar.
Jill waist deep in the frigid waters for science! She swears her GPS point was around there somewhere.

A windsock at the Eureka air strip.
Adam on a warm and sunny day on the Milne Ice Shelf drilling holes in the ice.
First setting up of camp shortly after arrival to the Purple Valley camp site.

Group shot left to right: Adam Garbo, Andrew Hamilton, Jill Rajewicz, Kevin Xu
Jill intently working on instrument spacing on her mooring line on the Milne Ice Shelf.
Rare wildlife spotted while servicing time lapse cameras along the Purple Valley ridge.

Purple Valley camp on a nice and sunny day.
Melt patters in the Milne Ice Shelf as seen from the helicopter.
Milne Ice Shelf camp after the fog rolled out.

View from the time lapse cameras overlooking the Milne Glacier.
Amazing geology seen from the helicopter while transiting from Purple Valley to the Milne Ice Shelf
Twin otter plane taking off from Purple Valley campsite.

Panoramic shot taken near the Milne Glacier camp site. Tributary glacier seen to the right.
Plant life along the ridge of the Milne Glacier.
Adam’s tent on the medial moraine of the Milne Glacier with the tributary glacier in the background.

Attempting to find a way back to our Milne Glacier camp in the fog.
Stunning snow and ice formation on the outer edge of the Milne Ice Shelf.
Adam and Andrew, clean and freshly shaven, heading out in to the field on a twin otter.

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