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Testing solar panels for maintenance work.
(Photos: M. Nettles)
Installing a station near the glacier snout. (Photos: P. Elósegui)
We also installed a tide gauge near Helheimfjord, at
Qertaulangivaq.
(Photos: left, M. Nettles; right, G. Hamilton)
Left: Just another day at the office...
(Photo: P. Elósegui);
Right: Leigh tests the ice for safety; Meredith and Pedro
follow.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
Working at site IS19.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
Helicopter waiting at IS19.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
Helicopter hovering over the glacier while we complete
a maintenance visit.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
A station after its maintenance visit.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
To stabilize the antennas, we installed
orange "sausages" (sandbags) around the antenna mounts.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
Pedro downloads data in the helicopter en route to
the next station.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
Calving front at Helheim Glacier on July 25, 2006.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
We saw lots of water on the glacier, from puddles
to ponds to rivers.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
Crevasses (normal faults!) on the glacier.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
Maintenance at one of the rock sites, NUN1.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
Helicopter pilot Morten Hauerbach at NUN1.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
About to return to Tasiilaq from NUN1. Left to right:
pilot Morten Hauerbach, Pedro Elósegui, Gordon
Hamilton, Leigh Stearns.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
View of Tasiilaq from the helicopter on the way
back in to the heliport.
(Photo: G. Hamilton)
Tasiilaq: The third ship of the year arrives in town.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
Tasiilaq: Iceberg in the harbor.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
Tasiilaq: Sled-dog puppies playing near the heliport.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
Tasiilaq: Bluebells on the way to Blomsterdalen.
Moon over Tasiilaq.
(Photo: M. Nettles)
Meredith Nettles,
Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory
of
Columbia University,
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Last modified: August 23, 2006 (MN)