Müller Ice Cap Daily Report April 19-20

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 Daily Report for the 19-20 April 2025

Weekend – and even Easter weekend! While the drill production is slowly increasing, we stopped working Saturday at 4 pm. After 2-3 weeks in the ice cap a shower sounded really nice. We used 4 hours and 80 liters of water showering in the Viessman freezer and turned into a hothouse. We moved the Webasto heater out in the cabin and with a pot of warm water and a camping shower head we all took a shower.

After that we had an Easter Egg hunt in the drill tent and a very eager group raced around finding colorful eggs and Kinder Eggs with toys.

After that, we had pizza for dinner and played games. A really good evening. Now the Viessmann is turned back into a freezer and the first five full ice core boxes are stored at cold temperatures.

 

What we have done:

-Saturday: Drilled 7 ice cores from 26.39 m to 33.14 m below the present surface.

-Sunday: Drilled 14 ice cores from 33.14 m to 54.72 m below the present surface.

-Still worked on the root cause of the persistent generator problem to put equal loads on the 3 phases.

We still have problems with phasing the Viessman compressor into the generator load system.

-Logged, weighed, O18 sampled and ECM measured bags 27 to 54.

-Took down the Big Agnes tent and set up two pop-up tents for equipment to store

-All took a shower in the heated Viessman cabin before it became in use as the freezer for the ice cores

-Easter hunt in the drill cabin

-Walks and skiing along the skiway

-Enjoying an amazing Sunday brunch with everything. Thanks Shari

 

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen

Wx at Müller: Blue sky with light overcast, no wind, temperatures between -20 to -16 deg C .


Caption: Easter egg hunt in the drill tent


Caption. Saturday night group picture after the egg hunt.



Caption: Spring has arrived and outdoor temperatures have increased as has those indoor!




 

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