Ellesmere Island – 2017

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

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

Hiking over a moraine near Purple Valley (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)

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

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

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

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

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

The weather station at Purple Valley (J. Kim)

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

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

Camping on the Milne Ice Shelf (A. Hamilton)

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

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

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

Waiting for mail in Resolute Bay (D. Friedrichs)

Camp on the Milne Ice Shelf (J. Kim)

Drew Friedrichs sits the plane in Eureka.

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Wray high up on the NE side of Milne Fiord