NEEM - 10:15am – Koni enters the tent and says, “The plane is leaving in 45 minutes”. I quickly jump out of bed, get dressed and rush to the main building to inhale my breakfast. Within 30 minutes, I…
NEEM (The North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling http://neem.dk/) was an international ice core research project aimed at retrieving an ice core from North-West Greenland (camp position 77.45°N 51.06°W…
Today began like the day before. We met for breakfast at 8:00am then back to our rooms to pack, only today we had to pack for the rest of the expedition. Since we will be on the ice sheet for the…
Today started as usual, we met for breakfast at 8:30am, packed our gear and headed for the airport. On our way to the airport we had to stop and pick up the tripod for raising the Automated Weather…
Today started out very early. We met for breakfast at 6:30am, drove to the Cantina (Airport Employee cafeteria) and quickly ate our breakfast. We then dropped off two of the members who were at Swiss…
Today is the day! Finally, Koni Steffen and his group will be returning from Swiss Camp after the five day delay due to the Iceland volcanic eruption! They have been there since the beginning of May…
Today started with good news and bad news. The good news, all of the people that arrived from Summit yesterday, will be going home today, thanks to the Air National Guard applying for a waiver to fly…
After learning that Professor Steffen and his team will be stuck on the ice sheet for at least one more day, I decided that I would at least try to show everyone why we are here, which is to study…
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. A beautiful volcanic ash free day!
My day started at 5am Copenhagen time, with little sleep the night before. At 5:30 am, I scrambled to get my stuff packed and down to the…
Flight canceled, again! The Iceland volcano is causing quite the problem with air travel in Europe. Experts reassure us that the flight restrictions will not be as severe as last year’s major shut…
Off to Greenland...again! Solar Radiation on the Greenland ice sheet 2011
Well, the journey has begun, with a few bumps. I started my trip in Pittsburgh with my wife and kids dropping me off at the…
