Müller Ice Cap Daily Report Saturday April 12 and Sunday April 13, 2025

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 Daily Report for the 12 and 13 April 2025

Our first Saturday in camp and we had decided to stop working at 4 pm. But the wind was high from the morning, up to 33 km and we could not see from tent to tent so from noon we all stayed in the kitchen tent. We had a really nice evening with Kevin serving Baileys and Swiss chocolate and Shari Pizza. We played games like Werewolves, Beaver tales and Meyer. Both toilet tents collapsed in the wind and Kevin’s tent ripped.

Around 11 pm the wind dropped to 24 km so it was safe to go to our tents and sleep. Sunday morning we woke to sunshine and low winds. Wonderful. We had a peaceful morning before continuing work. We had a good day getting many tasks done. The big drill tent managed the storm

What we have done Saturday:

- Kept generators and Star link alive in the wind

-Moved all drill boxes into the drill tent and marked and secured everything outside

- Had a fun Saturday evening

What we have done Sunday:

-Groomed drifts from the ski way

-Restored camp and toilets from after the wind

-Worked on installing table for melting out the hollow shaft

-Worked on the logging table

-Managed to get 2.5 m down in the inclined trench – many ice layers

-Checked the shallow drill site, where there is a rip in the axion tent that we also had collapse during the high winds.

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen


Weather at Müller: Saturday: Very windy, 30 km with gusts over 40 km  from 20-40 deg, dropping during the night. Temperatures between -20  to -24 deg C . Blue sky above the blowing snow

Sunday; Blue sky, wind dropping from 8 km in the morning to 3 km in the evening from 40 deg, Temperature around -20 deg C.

Caption: Our cozy kitchen tent.


Caption: Ali (together with Jamie and Sofia) rescuing the toilet tent from flying away by collapsing it



 

Caption: Emma climbing the inclined trench










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