Today was our last day to get a sediment core from Lil' Nug Base Camp. We had attempted to core from three lakes near the camp. The core results were less than what we were hoping for (a lot of sand in the cores). We noticed on our first glacial hike that there was another lake that essentially sat behind the camp.
However, to get to the lake to core, we would have to ferry across our fresh water lake and portage the gear 1 km (.6miles) over tundra terrain.
After we landed on the other side of the lake, it was time to shuttle all the gear to the next lake. It would take three people two trips to get all the equipment to our destination. No sooner did we begin our caravan, when we spotted more aircraft debris. We are confident that it is all part of one plane.
All our hard work paid off; we collected the Holy Grail of sediment cores today. At the end of a successful day, we had to return the same way we arrived. The team is exhausted but it was worth every sore muscle we will have in the morning.
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