Ellesmere Island – 2017

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Wray high up on the NE side of Milne Fiord

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camp on the Milne Ice Shelf (J. Kim)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Drew Friedrichs sits the plane in Eureka.

The weather station at Purple Valley (J. Kim)

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

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

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

Waiting for mail in Resolute Bay (D. Friedrichs)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camping on the Milne Ice Shelf (A. Hamilton)