Back in the Coal Region after a whirlwind trip home, a beautiful graduation ceremony, and a full day back at school behind me, I sit with a grateful heart reflecting on the past month of experiences…
In just a few hours, I will be on my way back to the States via C-17. There will be five passengers and a plane full of cargo from some of the fieldwork happening at Summit Camp, so I'll share the…
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Our first flight of our final week here in Greenland gave us 100% data over another important baseline (priority) mission, covering the fastest-moving glacier in Greenland!…
100 Percent!
Saturday we flew a mission called Southwest Coastal B. This mission was yet another baseline (priority) flight, which took us on several glacier runs on the west coast. It was another…
We are on our 4th out of 6 consecutive flight days this week! I am grateful for clear skies above our target areas which have allowed us to get in a smooth routine of flying every day. Once the…
Moving the Ground Station
One of the first things we needed to do once we arrived in Kangerlussuaq was to make sure the ground station was set up. Remember the small shelter near the pier in Thule…
Today we flew a very important science flight with possibly the most spectacular views of the north. We'll talk about why this glacier series is so important to follow in an updated post. As we…
Tuesday was "moving day" as we packed our bags, loaded the plane, and prepared to make the trek to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland ("Kanger"). If we were just completing a transit it would take us about 2…
Hi, everyone! We are packed and heading out of Thule today, on our way to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. It's another beautiful day here in Thule which should make for a nice smooth flight. We'll be…
Hello, Blue Skies
Finally, a beautiful clear bright sky! This is promising news for the flights scheduled the rest of the week. Since today was a hard ground day we took advantage of the beautiful…
Curtains of Fog
Today we planned to fly either a future Ice Sat 2 track or part of a high priority land ice mission called Zaccharie-79 N. We were socked in yet again, but the desire to collect…
Socked In (Again)
At 5:30 p.m. every evening before a planned flight, the NASA and NOAA teams meet to reflect on the past day's flight and plan for the next. Project Scientist Nathan Kurtz begins…
