Ellesmere Island – 2017

A newly installed mooring collects data through the Milne Ice Shelf (D. Friedrichs)

Drew Friedrichs, Peter Wray and Andrew Hamilton wait in Eureka for refueling (J. Kim)

Andrew Hamilton looks at a pond in the rift zone of the Milne Ice Tongue (J. Kim)

A lake at the margin of the Milne Glacier (P. Wray)

Water profiling through a crack in the Milne Ice Shelf (A. Hamilton)

Drew Friedrichs (UCDavis) proudly holds the Open ROV that explored under the Milne Ice Shelf

Not every mooring recovery goes smoothly! (P. Wray)

Drew Friedrichs suntans above his waders in Purple Valley (P. Wray)

Camp on the Milne Ice Shelf (J. Kim)

Drew Friedrichs catching some rays at a seismometer installation site high above Milne Fiord (J. Kim)

Andrew Hamilton getting ready to profile through a natural crack in the ice (J. Kim)

Peter Wray high up on the NE side of Milne Fiord

Open water near the southern edge of the Milne Ice Shelf (J. Kim)

Camping on the Milne Ice Shelf (A. Hamilton)

‘MegaNunatak’ looms above a small lake adjacent to the Milne Glacier (A. Hamilton)

A deep melt channel on the Milne Glacier (A. Hamilton)

The weather station at Purple Valley (J. Kim)

Small bird perches on an erratic among the purple saxifrage in Purple Valley (D. Friedrichs)

A grey day on the ice shelf (P. Wray)

Drew Friedrichs sits the plane in Eureka.

Flying in over the Milne Glacier and tributary (A. Hamilton)

Stepping over a small crack on the Milne Glacier (A. Hamilton)

The Milne Glacier taken from a helicopter (P. Wray)

Setting up a seismometer on the northeast side of Milne Fiord (D. Friedrichs)

A panorama of the view from the top of ‘MegaNunatak’ looking northwest (A. Hamilton)

Ice cliffs in the rift between the detached Milne Ice tongue and the glacier (J. Kim)

Mountains between Milne Fiord and Yelverton Inlet (A. Hamilton)

Peter Wray using ice penetrating radar on the Milne Ice Shelf (J. Kim)

Hiking over a moraine near Purple Valley (A. Hamilton)

Waiting for mail in Resolute Bay (D. Friedrichs)

Peter Wray behaving erratically in Purple Valley (D. Friedrichs)

Jinsuk Kim at the mooring in the middle of the Milne Fiord epishelf lake (A. Hamilton)

Peter Wray changes persona when his feet touch the Arctic Ocean (D. Friedrichs)

Helicopter drops the crew off to monitor ice ablation (D. Friedrichs)

The mighty north peak of “MegaNunatak” (A. Hamilton)

A panorama of the view from the top of ‘MegaNunatak’ looking southeast (A. Hamilton)

Relaxing on the ice shelf after breaking camp (J. Kim)

Watching the helicopter from a seismometer installation site (J. Kim)