Field updates from Muller Ice Cap

Daily Report for the 02 April 2025 Today we managed to get three Twin Otter flights with cargo  up to the Müller ice core drilling site. Emma and Dave joined the missions to help with the unloading on the ice. Unfortunately, the weather turned before we got the last mission in with the skiway team. The wind had picked up to 30 km and it became overcast. Again, we came back to great meals at the Eureka weather station.   What we have done: - Loaded and unloaded cargo for three missions   Dorthe Dahl-Jensen   Weather at Müller: around -27 deg C, wind between 8 and 30 km with blue sky in the morning and increasing cloud cover during the day. At Eureka blue sky but warming up to -20 deg C and winds around 23 km. Caption: Unloading the skidoo from the Twin Otter on the Müller ice cap Caption: Thanks to Ali and Linda for great food

Daily Report for the 01 April 2025 The Twin Otter, with Rod and Izzy, came at noon.  After  lunch we loaded the big Lynx snowmobile into the Twin Otter with the help from Nick and the loader. We managed without taking the front ski off by turning the snowmobile on the side while twisting it around the corner. Unfortunately, the winds were very high at the Müller site and combined with  low visibility and blowing snow, it was not possible to land. Besides from this, we had a great day at Eureka and as usual food was plenty and excellent. Again, a great thanks to Ali and Linda. What we have done: - Made a sheet for camp with emergency contacts - Loaded the Lynx snowmobile into the wide door Twin Otter in the second attempt - Worked on the packing lists - Shari worked on the food packing lists Dorthe Dahl-Jensen Weather at Müller: around -27 deg C, wind sensor is frozen but Rod and Izzy reported very high winds, at Eureka: -32 deg C warming to -28 deg C, bl...

Daily Report for the 31 March 2025   We are ready to leave Eureka and fly to Müller. We have the cargo ready and are ready to move on. Unfortunately, The cargo charter to come from Yellowknife has had some mechanical issues and is delayed. Instead of today, March 31 st the charter is planned for Wednesday April 2 nd at the earliest. We will delay the skiway putin to match the charter delay and will thus not go to Müller before Wednesday. The weather is still amazing with blue sky, no wind but cold at Eureka and we spent the day doing the last small things including digging/chopping out the propane cylinders that we need for the Team 1 putin and making a hole in the roof of the Viessman cabin for the top mounted cooling unit to come on the charter. The charter will include the frozen food and we plan to store the Team 2 food here until the mid-season exchange. What we have done: - Organized the cargo into mission-movements - Got the propane cylinders out ...

  Daily Report for the weekend 29-30 March 2025   Saturday, we finished emptying the containers and with Nick’s help moved all to the runway 2 km away. The cargo has been sorted into subjects and strapped so wind cannot move the light boxes. Being a Saturday, we had time for an afternoon nap before dinner and bar evening. We had a really good evening in the company of the staff at the Eureka station, the team working at the PEARL station and a film crew, Silverback, who are filming the wolves around Eureka. Sunday started with a wonderful brunch at 11 and during the afternoon, we raised the Viessman freezer near a 220V, 60 Hz, 30 Amp plug. It seems to be a little strange when the outside temperature is -32 deg C. But we do expect temperatures becoming positive before we move the last ice cores from Eureka beginning of June.   What we have done: - Emptied the three sea containers and the area in front of the containers - Moved the Müller ice ca...

  Daily Report 28 March 2025   The weather is still outstanding with blue sky, no wind and just a little cold (-30 deg C). We have had a very good day unpacking nearly all of the cargo from the three containers while Nick has been driving the cargo to the runway using a loader 918 with forks. We have been following with our snowmobiles loading and unloading the cargo for Nick. We need to include a report on the food here at Eureka because it is just SO GOOD. Ali and Linda run the kitchen with pancakes, scrabbled eggs and much more for breakfast and warm meals for lunch and dinner. Beyond this there is fruit, cookies, chips and much more available all the time. Thanks to the kitchen 😊   What we have done: -unpacked boxes from the three containers -divided boxes in piles for the various programs -moved cargo for team 1 and one Viessman cabin to the runway -packed plywood on pallet for transport to runway -restored spares and marine cargo ...

Daily Report 27 March 2025   Again, a wonderful weather day at Eureka. We emptied boxes out of the three containers that were delivered to the beach outside of the station last August. We were all eager and quickly unloaded a huge amount of gear. Boxes were then divided into piles for the Put-in, Team 1, Firn-air and Marine programs in addition to a pile of spare equipment that will stay at Eureka. We started placing one of the Viessman cabins in a box to move up to the runway area, which is a few kilometers away. We currently have two running snowmobiles and will soon be able to use the Pearl CANDAC truck. The truck was hidden in snow when we arrived but Pierre and his team did a great job freeing it using shovels and ice axes… Since then it has been thawing in a heated garage. A special treat was seeing a fox close to the station.   What we have done: -unpacked boxes from the three containers -divided boxes in piles for the var...

  Daily Report 26 March 2025   We made it to Eureka today! At 9 am we took of with a ski-equipped Twin-Otter towards Eureka. Our pilots from Ken Borek, Rod and Izzy, were just great. We had clear skies for the whole three hour flight and the views were amazing, the mountains, fjords and glaciers of Axel Heiberg Island are truly stunning. Arriving at Eureka, Don, the station leader received us and we got a briefing including to look out for wolves and foxes. The nature and landscape around Eureka is stunningly beautiful and we are so privileged to be here.   What we have done: -arrived at the weather station Eureka -opened the three sea containers -Got the Lynx started and pulled the Scandic snowmobile to a warm garage hoping to get it running tomorrow -Emma joined the weather balloon launch and actually launched the balloon -worked with packing lists and made plans for tomorrow   Dorthe Dahl-Jensen Wx at Müller: -29 deg C, win...