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