I got to go on a "field trip" today!!!
PolarTREC teacher Steve Kirsche stands next to a twin otter airplane after picking up cached ice cores from a very remote site.
A second science team arrived…
Most of the buildings at Summit Station can be seen in this panoramic.
Here at Summit Station, Sunday is a "day off" for the residents. There are still lots of jobs that need to be done, but…
We headed back out to the drill site this morning to conduct some scientific tests in the 2 meter deep pit that we dug yesterday. The samples we took out of the pit will be analyzed once they get…
A few days ago, we finished collecting the samples down to 80 meters. Unfortunately, the samples we took from the top 2 meters were not very good. At this shallow depth, the snow is quite loose. It…
We once again stayed in station today. Weather permitting, we will be going out to the drilling site tomorrow to gather a few surface samples that we need. We worked out a system for doing that today…
Today was a fairly quiet day for the science team. After getting the rest of the core samples that we needed yesterday, we stayed at the station today. This gave everyone a chance to catch up on the…
Today was a beautiful day on the ice sheet. It reached almost 20 degrees Fahrenheit. It was very sunny, and the winds were light. In fact, it got too hot while out working at our drilling site. Most…
This site is located about 6 km from Summit Station and is where the research team is drilling their core samples.
Upcoming Event: There will be a LIVE PolarConnect Event from Summit, Greenland…
Today was a long, but fruitful day of working out at our drilling site. Since we previously had a few problems with the poor weather and the drill malfunctioning, we decided to make up for some of…
Our team headed out to the drilling site right after the morning meeting so that we would have as much time as possible to collect core samples. Unfortunately, science doesn't always go according to…
Today really felt like we were in the Arctic!! Our first couple of days here were actually beautiful. It was sunny, the winds were light, and the temperatures got up to 10-12 degrees Fahrenheit…
NOTE: This journal was posted late due to a technical problem at Summit Station which took down the internet.
Today was our first day working away from Summit Station. In order to drill a pristine…
