30 May 2009 Follow the Luggage | PolarTREC

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                      It’s Saturday morning and we were to have our luggage on the wooden pallet by 10 AM. All of our bags were marked with duct tape with our name in magic marker. Can you find mine on the pallet? My bag is made out of rubber and has a zipper like a zip lock baggie.

Many more bags to come! — Snow can't get in my rubber bag.

Everything in a cargo plane is strapped down.

Members of the guard strapping down the pallet of luggage — Kangerlussuaq Internaltional Science Support,"KISS"

The pile of bags grew so I wondered how all of these would get to the airport. Look at the picture below!

It takes a forklift! — Moving the luggage to the airport

Remember how the back opens up on a cargo plane?

Loading the luggage pallet on the plane — The plane opens up in the back for cargo

Finally the pallet of bags is on the plane.

Ready to go! — The pallet is on a metal floor with rollers underneath

Check out the wires and the walls in the plane. The whole inside of the plane looks like this.

What other cargo is the plane carrying? Food cargo! This has to be strapped down , too.

Can you find the tea? — Food cargo on the DC-130

Check out the picture below. This is the last stop for the luggage. Where are we?

Last stop for the luggage! — NEEM Camp, Greenland

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Date

30 May 2009

Expedition

CReSIS Greenland Ice Sheet Studies

Weather Summary

Cloudy with light snow

Temperature

3.2

Wind Speed

14

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