Müller Ice Cap Daily Report Monday April 14

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 Daily Report for the 14 April 2025

A nice sunny day with low winds. Most of our effort went into getting the drill tent ready for ice core drilling. The biggest task has been to dig out the inclined trench and with high music and enormous energy. Emma, Ali, Sofia and Jaime made the deep trench allowing the tower to tip from vertical to horizontal when the drill is at the surface. We reached the depth and just need some fine tuning of the stairs. There were several thick ice layers needing chain saws to cut through. Other tasks went on in parallel like setting up the saw, logging computer, drill computer, assemble and test the drill and much more. Also, the setup with solar panels needed some tuning that kept Kevin busy most of the day.

What we have done:

- Made the inclined trench

-Finalized the setup of the logging table

-Prepared the O18 scrapers and ECM and logging programs

-Assembled the drill and tested it

- Worked on tuning the solar system

-Changed to the 15 kW generator in preparation of drilling

-Enjoyed Shari’s wonderful food

 

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen


Wx at Müller: Winds picking up during the day from 8 km to 11 km, dropping again during the night. Temperatures between -20  to -26 deg C . Blue sky with light haze in the afternoon and evening. The sun does not go beneath the horizon

Caption: no sunset anymore


Caption: Digging and removing snow and ice blocks from the inclined trench


Caption: Sofia





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