Ellesmere Island – 2017

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

The weather station at Purple Valley (J. Kim)

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

Camping on the Milne Ice Shelf (A. Hamilton)

Drew Friedrichs sits the plane in Eureka.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Waiting for mail in Resolute Bay (D. Friedrichs)

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)

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

Peter Wray high up on the NE side of Milne Fiord

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

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

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

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

Camp on the Milne Ice Shelf (J. Kim)

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)

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

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

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

Watching the helicopter from a seismometer installation site (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)

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

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