2017 Ablation Zone Photos
In July 2017 I spent 1 week at a field location in the ablation zone in the Issunguata Sermia catchment. This field site was where scientists from the University of Montana and University of Wyoming installed inclinometers and temperature sensors throughout the ice column in 9 boreholes. I helped to dismantle the field experiments and map the bed using ground penetrating radar.
2017 Ablation Zone Photos
In July 2017 I spent 1 week at a field location in the ablation zone in the Issunguata Sermia catchment. This field site was where scientists from the University of Montana and University of Wyoming installed inclinometers and temperature sensors throughout the ice column in 9 boreholes. I helped to dismantle the field experiments and map the bed using ground penetrating radar.
2017 Ablation Zone Photos
Kangerlussuaq
Kangerlussuaq is a small Greenlandic town of about 500 people in southwestern Greenland. It was home to an American air force base after World War II, however, after the fall of the Soviet Union air force personnel left the base and the town came under Greenlandic Home Rule. The airport still serves as Greenland's main airport and it has daily flights to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Most National Science Foundation projects are based out of Kangerlussuaq, and the New York Air National Guard flies fuel, cargo, and passengers from the US to Greenland in the C-130 aircraft. Two projects that I have been involved with have been based out of Kangerlussuaq and I have stayed in the town while waiting for transportation back to the US. I have had plenty of time to explore the surrounding tundra and ice sheet margin.
