Our camp size has doubled! Journalists and photographers have come to Summit Station for the day and interviewed Brandon, Hannah, and me about the work we are doing at Summit.
I was worried that their flight might get cancelled because it was a foggy morning. The LC-130 plane circled the camp three times in order to get a better view of the skiway. A skiway is just a runway made of snow.
Here is a cool video of their plane landing on the skiway!
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That was an awesome landing in foggy conditions.
Brandon did a great job answering questions as he gave a tour of our snow lab and the work that we are doing on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
The plane also brought more scientists. One group from Dartmouth is working on a robot that can travel long distances on the ice. Take a look at this video as they take the robot through some practice runs. The goal is for the robot to take instruments into remote areas that are hard for humans to reach in order to learn more about climate.
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Date
Expedition
Weather Summary
Foggy with 1 hour of clear sky at Noon
Temperature
10
Wind Speed
7
Wind Chill
-11
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