Ellesmere Island 2017Derek Mueller2017-08-23T10:03:05-04:00

Ellesmere Island – 2017

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

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

: Drew Friedrichs sits the plane in Eureka.

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

: Waiting for mail in Resolute Bay (D. Friedrichs)

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

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

: The weather station at Purple Valley (J. Kim)

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

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

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

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

: Peter Wray high up on the NE side of Milne Fiord

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

: Camp on the Milne Ice Shelf (J. Kim)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

: Camping on the Milne Ice Shelf (A. Hamilton)

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

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

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

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

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

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