Field updates from Muller Ice Cap

Daily Report for June 12 th 2025 All camp members out of the high Arctic – signing off. Thursday  the last four Müller camp members made it from Resolute to  Ottawa via Iqaluit, and we thus now longer have any Müller  project personnel in the high Arctic. Hence, this will be the last  daily report from our successful 2025 Müller ice core drilling  operation, were we managed to reach all our goals and have both firn  and ice cores safely back in Edmonton. A great THANK you to all at Eureka for hosting us with fantastic support  throughout the season and for being a perfect hub for our operations. A great THANK you to PCSP for planning and logistics support both during this amazing season and for years in advance! Also, a great THANKS to the crews of the Twin Otters and Baslers - again and again, you made the impossible possible for us on the Müllers Ice Cap! And finally THANK you to everybody else from near and far, who gave us a helping hand and a...

  Daily Report for June 9 th , 10 th and 11 th 2025 Monday all four of us in Eureka, left by Twin Otter for Resolute,  also flying the last remaining PCSP cargo. Renee, the station  manager in Eureka kindly drove us to the airfield and even helped  us load up the plane – one more big thank you to all at Eureka for  both hosting and helping us! At the same time the ice cores made their  way by truck from Yellowknife to Edmonton, where they reached their final  destination the Canadian Ice Core Lab. Such a relief that all the ice and firn cores drilled on the  Müller ice cap, are now safely in the Edmonton freezer! In Yellowknife Andrew has been organizing and packing the airlifted cargo into a shipping container for further transportation, while the four of us now in Resolute finally had some time to relax a bit, after having handed in the PCSP cargo. We also got the opportunity to thank PCSP staff here for all the logistical support, and even ...

  Daily Report for June 6 th , 7 th and 8 th 2025 The last three days we have been busy here in Eureka packing up  all remaining cargo in containers, and shipping out both ice core  boxes and cargo, by two Summit Air ATR-72 cargo planes.  Furthermore, after the last ice core shipment was done, we have  broken down the ice core freezer and packed it as well. The heavy  rain we experienced a week ago, unfortunately, meant that “broken  down” was close to the literal meaning, as water had penetrated most  of the otherwise nice interlocking system between the freezer panels,  turning the usual nice disassembly procedure into an iced-up nightmare.  Anyhow, the elements are now in a container, as is all other cargo that has not been  flown out by the two cargo planes, and we are thus ready to go to Resolute tomorrow, weather permitting.   What we have done Friday, Saturday and Sunday: - Packed cargo into the 3 containers. ...

  Daily Report for June 4 th and 5 th June 2025 In Eureka the two last days have been all about moving, palletizing  and packing cargo, both into the 3 containers we have, and making  it ready for the two cargo planes coming to Eureka in a couple of  days. We did, luckily also manage to make use of some of the nice  leisure facilities here in Eureka, with both a game-night and a movie- night. The Resolute crew has been handling cargo there as well, before  leaving for Ottawa on Thursday. Before leaving Resolute they did, however also find time for an absolutely fantastic dog-sled ride enjoying the beautiful vicinity of Resolute in the best of ways!   What we have done Wednesday and Thursday: - Re-packed and organized cargo in containers. - Moved cargo to south apron to make it ready for charter cargo flight. - Monitored freezer temperature (still consistently well below – 20C). - Moved frozen food not used in camp to Eureka station free...

  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 ...