Müller Ice Cap Daily Report Wednesday May 21

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Müller Ice Core Drilling Project

Daily Report for 21 May 2025

Wind, snow and snowdrift all night and all day! Good thing we have a nice kitchen tent, that we can all be in, as well as a drill tent, where we had lots to do! Hence, we proceeded with disassembling our intermediate drill system. First, we had a cable-cutting ceremony, as cutting the cable from the winch to the drill signifies the end of all operations in our main bore hole. Then we moved on to pack up the various components of our intermediate drill system, and by the end of the day most parts had gone nicely into boxes. Now, we just hope for a day with lower winds so we can pack down the tent, and resume the firn-gas sampling operation.  


What we have done today:

- Cut cable between intermediate drill and winch.

- Packed down most of the intermediate drill system.

- Kept main area of camp operational despite growing snowdrifts.

 

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: Wind, snow fall and drifting snow all day. Wind from 210 deg, between 15kn and 20kn. Temperatures between -16C and -12C

 

Caption: Etienne holding the cable so Julien can make the decisive cut, separating the drill from the winch.


Caption: Left: Bo and Etienne working on dismounting the slush tray from the tower. Left: Iben, Etienne and Bo surrounding the cable drum, as it has almost made it into its box. 



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