Ellesmere Island – 2017

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

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

Camp on the Milne Ice Shelf (J. Kim)

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

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

Drew Friedrichs sits the plane in Eureka.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Wray high up on the NE side of Milne Fiord

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camping on the Milne Ice Shelf (A. Hamilton)

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

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

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

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

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

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

The weather station at Purple Valley (J. Kim)

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

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

Waiting for mail in Resolute Bay (D. Friedrichs)

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

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

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

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