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With the last flight there also came some data out. Here is a picture
from the line scanner. The line scanner measures the light intensity of
the ice, the curve on top of the picture shows the variations in light intensity.
This picture is from about 1800 m's depth, which means the ice is about
20 000 years old.
This picture will be a part of Søren Wedel Nielsen's Master's Thesis,
so if you want to use this picture, please refer to Søren Wedel Nielsen,
NBIfAFG, Department of Geophysics. |
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Change of the drillers, some are leaving and some have just arrived.
Here the drillers are gathered in the opening of the drill trench. |
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The NGRIP snow snake is heading for shelter in the Igloo. For those
of you, who do not know it - the Igloo is an extra rest room. |
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Test of the emergency release coupling between drill and core barrel.
In case the drill gets stuck, the inner barrel will be released providing
free access for recovery tools. |
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A special dish is being prepared for a saturday evening in camp. It
is a tradition that participants from the different countries at some point
during the season prepare specialties from their home country. Shown here
are the preparations for Japanese evening. |
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Everybody is ready a the saturday evening. In the back are all the
thick parkas and pants, even though temperatures are around 20C in the dome
one has to go home to the tents in about -20C - in spite of the midnight
sun. |
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A "serious" discussion on a saturday night. At NGRIP an attempt has
been made to use a "normal" truck on huge tires for transportation on the
ice. However -probably due to the cold and thin air - the car never worked
very well, and it has now been returned to Kangerlussuaq. |
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The Ford on it's last trip on the Ice Cap. The car never lived up
to the expectations, therefore it is being sent back to Kangerlussuaq. |
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Sepp's cave - here measurements of the ice crystal sizes and other
physical properties of the ice is carried out. Notice the computer in the
foam box - this is to keep the computer warm !
It is amazing the times one have to think about - when operating in cold
areas. |
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The GEUS automatic weather station, the tower is about 10 meters high,
and one has a very good view from the top of the tower.
This station measures in two heights, 2 meters and 10 meters. |
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The PARCA-automatic weather station before it was risen, is in the
foreground. The camp is visible in the background. |
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Two of the drillers are taken a break in the shadow of the camp's
only palm tree. |
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The LC-130 on the load pad at NGRIP. The snow is so hard, that the
aeroplane is standing on wheels. Note the rockets that assist take off.. |
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The empty fuel drums are being flown out of the camp. They will be
fueled in Kangerlussuaq and then returned to the camp on the next flight.
There is always fuel in the camp, so the planes can be fueled if necessary.
Smaller planes like Twin Otters always have to be refilled in the camp. |
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The camp has been erected very fast this year. All tents are now ready
to use. The picture shows the camp from the skiway. |
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The field leader's office on the first floor of the main dome. From
here the all reports about the projects are sent, and all communication
out of the camp takes place here. The window supplies daylight - 24 hours
a day - and it enables the filed leader to estimate the current weather when
he is in contact with arriving planes. Moreover there is a good view over
most of the camp and the "skiway" (skiway as opposed to runway, since the
airplanes carry skies). |
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Building of the new core storage. The ice cores have to rest for a
while before being processed, so storage room is needed. |
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The first footprints in the snow this year - it was a beautiful day
when the first people arrived. |
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Opening of the main dome .... the snow has to be shuffled away, before
the door can open. Notice, that now - in 2000 - the dome is under the snow
surface. In 1996 it was erected on a 3.5 m hill. |
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Approaching NGRIP for the first landing in the season. How does the
camp
look like, and how is the skiway? Will we be able to take off again, or
stuck for the night as last year ? |
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Inside the Hercules (LC-130) plane. People are occupied with different
things, but they don't talk. The noise inside the plane is incredible, and
everybody is wearing ear-plugs, which may be seen on the bigger version of
the picture. |
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Time for departure!
This is part of the first NGRIP team this year. People are standing on the
apron in front of the LC-130 on the runway in Kangerlussuaq in mid May. |
