Müller Ice Cap Daily Report Thursday May 8

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 Daily Report for 8 May 2025

The new crew spend most of the day getting to know their tasks here in camp. Hence, we recommenced the deep drilling at a gentle but persistent pace without implementing shifts, as to maximize knowledge transfer, slowly building up a new rhythm. The firn-gas campaign is getting their instrumentation moved to their tent SE of camp, while the shallow drilling operation has been moved closer to the firn-gas tent.

Furthermore, a second core is now being drilled and logged at the new site. In general, everybody seems to settle into the camp life here at Müller Ice Cap, greatly helped by the excellent meals being prepared for all of us by or new chef in camp, Taylor.

 

What we have done:

- Resumed drilling main core, drilled 8 runs from 450.45m to 464.86m (14.41 m).

- Logged and O18 sampled bags from bag 451 to 464.

- Started drilling second shallow core, current logged depth: 10.85m.

- Worked on firn-gas setup in the tent SE of camp.

- Exercise with firearms, flares and flash-bangs for polar bear safety.

 

We are 14 in camp (Alison, Etienne, Iben, Taylor, Rebecca, Fei, Richard, Nicholas, Tessa, Nerilie, Anais, Jamie, Julien and Bo)

 

Alison Criscitiello and Bo Vinther.

 

Wx at Müller: Thin clouds in the beginning of the day, changing to clear skies in the afternoon. Wind between 4 and 6 kn turning from 330 deg true to 225 deg true during the day, temperatures between -21 and -18 deg C.

Caption: Etienne, Julien and Rebecca, keenly observing the data flow from the ice core drill.

Caption: Jamie, Anais and Fei, hauling instrumentation to the firn-gas tent, as to avoid motorized pollution near the site.

Caption: Rebecca firing the shotgun, as part as our polar bear safety firearms exercise.  






 

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