Müller Ice Cap Daily Report Friday May 23
Daily Report for 23 May 2025
Finally, a nice sunny day with moderate to low wind here in our camp! On days like this, even tedious tasks become a lot easier. Hence, we managed to use the snow drift right next to the main drill tent to fill out the inclined trench, finished disassembling the freezer despite its frozen up joints and hinges, and got freezer elements as well as many drill boxes to the cargo line. Also, the firn-gas sampling measured a record number of levels today, extending working hours late into our beautiful evening. And then camp got to enjoy the beautiful backlit pit in camp, with the best possible solar angle illuminating the wall! The skiway also got a double grooming, as well as an extension, in anticipation of upcoming flight operations next week.
What
we have done today:
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Continued drilling of shallow core for firn-gas sampling, current depth:
65m.
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Continued firn-gas sampling, 3 more levels sampled.
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Snow pit and surface sampling.
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Finished disassembly of freezer.
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Brought freezer elements as well as drill boxes to cargo line.
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Filled inclined trench in main drill tent.
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Groomed and extended skiway.
We
are 13 in camp (Alison, Etienne, Iben, Rebecca, Fei, Richard, Nicholas, Tessa,
Nerilie, Anais, Jamie, Julien and Bo)
Alison
Criscitiello and Bo Vinther.
Wx
at Müller: Sunny day. Wind decreasing from 12kn in the morning to complete calm
in the late evening, turning from 320 deg true to 30 deg true. Temperatures
between -14C and -11C
Caption: Julien, Nerilie, Nicholas,
Tessa, Ali, Fei, Richard, Iben and Rebecca enjoying the beautiful backlit pit
we have in our camp.