Field updates from Muller Ice Cap

  Daily Report for June 2 nd and 3 rd June 2025 Monday was once more a day of hugs and goodbyes as Rebecca,  Tessa, Etienne and Nicholas went on the Basler to Resolute with  a good chunk of the PCSP gear that needs to go back to the PCSP facility there. Tuesday, we managed to send even more PCSP gear, as well as all camp garbage bags to Resolute, by topping up 3 Twin Otters anyway going to Resolute with our cargo, thus making the most of the fact that we now have Müller camp members both to load and unload flights of opportunity in both Eureka and Resolute. Here in Eureka, we are also working on organizing cargo both for upcoming air charters as well as container cargo for the sealift later in the year, while the Resolute group is handling and drying out PCSP gear at the PCSP facility.   What we have done Monday and Tuesday: - Said goodbye to Rebecca, Tessa, Etienne and Nicholas going from Eureka to Resolute. - Topped up 3 Twin Otters for Resolute...

  Daily Report for 31 st May and 1 st June 2025   What a difference it makes to be here in the Eureka station, and   not in a tent camp, when weather is windy – so quiet without all   the tents flapping ! Even so there are also drawbacks being back at sea level – what is this odd liquid coming from the sky, are yes   rain instead of snow! As all our outdoor gear is made for snow, not   rain we had to take turns Saturday clearing out the Eureka northern apron  area from all our cargo coming from camp yesterday, so we could all get warm and dry inside after getting drenched in the rainy weather. The heavy rain also managed to cut the power to our ice core freezer, but thanks to Iben’s watchful eye, the problem was spotted quickly, and Derryl (the Eureka electrician) managed to restore power and restart the freezer in short order – thank you! Sunday morning we loaded up the Basler and Twin Otter with PCSP gear going to Resolute, but high winds preven...

  Daily Report for 30 May 2025 The Müller ice cap camp is now closed. Due to the amazing efforts  of all in camp, as well as the Twin Otter and Basler crews, we  managed to take down camp, and fly all camp gear, equipment and  all 8 camp members to Eureka today. This was accomplished by a total of 6 flights: 3 by the Basler and 3 by the Twin Otter. Nicholas and Richard went out by the first Twin Otter to help unload in Eureka, then Iben And Tessa went out with the second Basler mission to further expedite unloading. On the third and final Basler, Rebecca, Bo, Etienne, Julien as well as the last remaining cargo was flown out. An enormous thank you to Troy and Liam in the Twin Otter and Kyle, Luke and Gillian in the Basler for all their help in getting camp closed – even helping pulling cargo to the planes and taking down all our skiway markings, while we were getting the last two tents down! After all was said and done, both planes were all loaded up and set ...

  Daily Report for 29 May 2025 Today we finally got lighter winds, permitting us to continue  packing up camp, as well as digging our cargo out of snowdrifts.  During the afternoon, weather even permitted us to receive 2 Twin O tter flights, albeit only barely, as the Twin Otter pilots Troy and  Liam had to land their second flight to camp several kilometers from  Camp to find permissible weather, and then taxi on the surface of the ice cap t o our camp – just amazing! Now we just hope for clear weather tomorrow, so we can continue with flights both by the Twin Otter and Basler now stationed in Eureka to help us demobilize our camp completely.   What we have done today: - Continued packing up camp. - Groomed the skiway twice to clear drifts. - Dug our cargo line out from snow drifts. - Loaded 2 Twin Otter flights. - Camp members in Eureka helped off load the Twin Otter flights before leaving for Yellowknife.   We are now 8 in camp (...

Daily Report for 28 May 2025 Another both snowy and windy day here in our camp, but still very  festive as we celebrated Richards birthday, with banners, balloons,  cake, games, dinner, port wine, movies and of course birthday  songs in both English and Danish! For the latter, Richard chose the  following “instruments” for us to imitate: Tents flapping in the wind,  snoring and finally, our small but noisy alarms for deterring/startling polar  bears. All in all, a nice day despite of the inhospitable weather outside, which did demand our attention every now and then, when the drifts tried to creep into our main structures, or wind gusts almost took away an outhouse as well as a panel for our freezer. Anyhow, winds started subsiding after dinner, and we all hope this trend continues, so we can dig out camp and cargo, and groom the skiway tomorrow morning. We really want the two planes now on standby in Eureka to come here as soon as weather permits!  ...

  Daily Report for 27 May 2025 A snowy day here in our camp. With both snowfall, snowdrift and  windy conditions, flights were unfortunately out of the question  today, so apart from keeping camp open, warm and powered, the 8  of us in camp focused on getting well rested after many long days  preparing for our demobilization. In Eureka the crew of 5 had plenty to  do getting the cargo from yesterday sorted into shipping containers and rush cargo to go on upcoming cargo flights out of Eureka.   What we have done today: - Kept essential equipment running in camp despite wind, snow and snowdrift. - Rested after many busy days. - Camp members in Eureka have organized cargo flown out yesterday.   We are 8 in camp (Etienne, Iben, Rebecca, Richard, Nicholas, Tessa, Julien and Bo) We are 5 in Eureka (Alison, Jaime, Nerilie, Fei and Anais)     Alison Criscitiello and Bo Vinther.   Wx at Müller: Snow and snowdrift ...

  Daily Report for 26 May 2025 A big flight day here in our camp, starting out with many hugs and  goodbyes, as Alison, Fei, Nerilie, Anais and Jamie left camp for  Eureka by the first of a total of four Twin Otter demobilization  flights today. On next three flights we managed to ship out the  remaining firn/ice cores from camp, our main drill tent, the eclipse drill,  all firn-gas equipment, and last but not least our main generator. This  generator weighs more than 500kg, so getting it on the Twin Otter took quite a bit of preparation, and both guidance and parking skills from the Twin Otter pilots, aligning the cargo hatch of the plane with our sledge, carrying a platform on which we had placed the generator just before the plane arrived! All told, the Twin Otter had 90 minutes on snow, before the generator and eclipse drill had been loaded onto the 3 rd mission, a time just short enough that the Twin Otter could manage a fourth mission to camp ...