Images – 'GReat’ New Development from 'Snow on Ice’

SUMMER 2017 FIELD SEASON

Cosmogenic Sampling 2017

Greenland erratic

Drilling the rock

Looking over the ice

Glacial Erratic

Glacial Erratic

Nicolas drilling

Collecting a rock sample

Rocks dropped by the ice

Sampling along the ice edge

Collecting a sample

Glacial erratic

A dike intersecting the rock formation

Glacial erratic

Alia hot sampling with a helicopter

Jason collects a sample

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Along the Edge of the Ice 2017

Edge of the ice

along the ice edge

Ice edge at the moraine

Jason sets up the drone

Lake fronting the ice sheet

Prepping the drone to capture film imagery

Rock strewn surface of the Greenland terrain

Aerial view of the ice

Looking down on lakes filled with glacial clay

Greenland ice sheet perimeter

Hiking along the ice edge

proglacial lake

Lake drainage series from the ice sheet

Overlooking the ice sheet

The edge of the ice

meltwater stream

Ice tongue of the Greenland ice sheet

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Coring 2017

Split short core showing lake ice cover, retreat and readvance in the sediments.

Collecting cores with the pontoon

Collecting bathymetry on the lake

Collecting bathymetry with the hummingbird

Camp Field Site 2017

Jason directs the pilot to the next camp

Pick up in the field

Loading the sling to move the camp

Air Greenland Bell 212

Landing at Camp Air Greenland Bell 212

Waterfalls bring meltwater from the edge of the ice

Sling Load of field supplies

The Bell 212 is fairly nimble to land

Supplies stacked for transport

Allison collecting plant samples for leaf waxes

Fairly rugged landscape scraped by the ice

Hooking the sling for transport

SUMMER 2016 FIELD SEASON

Coring Pro-Glacial lakes in south western Greenland summer 2016

Packing the core tops

Setting off to core

benthic map of the lake

layers of organics/mud or gyttja

measuring and cataloging the layers

Ole setting up the small inflatable boat

measuring and preparing the core to ship

Preparing rock anchors

meausuring the core head depth

cleaning the core to seal it

mapping the lake

Sampling glacial erratics for exposure dating summer 2016

Identifying the exposure

Selecting the right rock

Michele sampling an erratic at Baby Loon Lake

Jason sampling an erratic

Nicholas sampling glacial erratics

Glacial erratic

Baby Loon Lake Camp Site south western Greenland summer 2016

Antler dropped on the ground

Wind blowing dust around camp

Collecting benthic data

Dust blowing by camp

Glacial Erratic

Bathymetry on the hummingbird

Coring the lake

Inflatable motorboat

Campsite on the lake edge

Tents along the waterfront

Greenland ice sheet

Getting ready to collect a core

Cottongrass; Eriophorum species

Checking the area

Younger dryas plant

Cores being returned to camp

The edge of the lake

Four Hare Lake Camp Site along the flank of the ice sheet south western Greenland summer 2016

Sikorsky helicopter dropping us at camp

Looking out over the lake

Nicolas collecting a cosmogenic sample

Crossing to the ice sheet from the camp

Carribou on the ridgeline

Night over the lake

Heidi and Michele head to the ice sheet

Hiking to the ice sheet

Nicholas and Ole look over a Little Ice Age moraine

Setting the transducer for collecting lake bathymetry

Glacial erratic ample bag

Moving the platform into position to core

The connected string of lakes from the ice sheet

Ole collecting a water sample for isotope sampling

View of the lake, heading back to camp

Moulin in the ice sheet

Nicholas hikes up to look for erratics

Setting the coring platform in place

Greenland