Müller Ice Cap Daily Report Tuesday May 6

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 Daily Report for the 6 May 2025

A very successful day. It is hard to believe all went so well yesterday. The two charters both came from Yellowknife to Eureka and Crew 2 members arrived while Crew 1 members left. The second took most of the ice core back to Yellowknife where Linda and Debbie received it and ensured it went to a freezer before the further transport to the Canadian Ice Core Lab at University of Alberta.


What we have done:

 Drilled 3 runs from  444.4 m to 450.45 m   (6.10 m)

-Logged and O18 sampled bags from bag 444 to 450

-Passed information and files between Crew 1 and Crew 2

-Taylor, Rebecca, Fei, Richard, Nicholas, Tessa, Nerilie, Anais, Jamie arrived with Buffalo Air charter to Eureka

-Emma, Jaime, Dave and Kevin left Eureka for Resolute with Buffalo Air charter

-74 ice core boxes with most of the ice between 0 and 400 m together with a big part of the unused metal drill tent went with Summit Air charter to Yellowknife.

 

We are 5 in camp (Dorthe, Grant, Shari, Julien and Bo)

 

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen

 

Wx at Müller: Fog banks going in and out all day. Wind between  0 and 5 km from 90 deg true, temperatures between -21 to -15 deg C .

 

Caption: Eureka – a busy airport with the Twin Otter and Summit Air and Buffalo Air charters

Caption: Emma and Jaime feasting on Shari’s cookies on Buffalo air on the way to Resolute.


Caption: Linda and Debbie in Yellowknife receiving the precious 74 ice core boxes

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