Journal Entry
What do you do when you are out on the frozen tundra 13 km (approx. 8 miles) away from the lab while your instrument is acquiring data and your colleagues are working? You can build an igloo if you have an Eskimo to teach you. Holger Sihler found himself in this situation while the scientists from England and France were working in the snow. While keeping an eye out for polar bears, Roy taught Holger to build an igloo.
Holger Sihler (bottom) Roy (top) working on igloo.
Holger Sihler (bottom) Roy (top) building an igloo while working out on tundra.
Holger quickly became an expert in igloo building, despite living in Germany. As they ran out of time, the snow blocks quickly turned into an icy reconstruction of Stonehenge.
Holger Sihler (r) and James France (l) admire snow construction job and Stonehenge model.
The British scientists, James France and Holly Reay, approved of the Arctic version of their landmark.
Finished SNOWHENGE next to partly finished igloo.