Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/20/2007 - 07:17
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Greenland Seabird Ecology

Hi, Mary Anne,

 I just read your several posts from Iceland and Greenland.  It sounds like it's been a great trip--your last post was about foggy days and limited auk-observing, and I'll be looking forward to hearing more.

I'm sure Rekjavik was fascinating to be in, too--I may have told you that I was there & toured the rest of Iceland once, "ages" ago, around 1970, a geology field trip while in grad school; wonderful place.  My only Greenland experience has been a glimpse while flying over it.

I have some geological maps of Greenland, somewhere--I should dig them out (?) and see what kind of bedrock geology there is at your area!  Parts of Greenland (more to the south I believe) have some very unusual igneous rocks, much studied by mineralogists.

 Take care, and let us know what the auks & scientists & you are doing!

Pete Modreski, Denver CO

Wed, 07/25/2007 - 17:00

Mary Anne Pell…

Hello Pete, It's so nice to hear you looked me up. You may have noticed, Barney checked in on the site also. It sure is spectacular and I see some similarities to the mountains in Colorado. But I don't recall seeing ice bergs when we hiked or when I have backpacked in the Rockies. A geology professor from CSU Chico was excited about the potential of Greenlandic rocks coming his way. When I explained I would be in Eastern Greenland, he was a bit disappointed. apparently the rocks he was enthused about are found in western Greenland. I do have my eye out for anything unusual. I will let you know. Have a relaxing summer, your ice core samples helped get me here.
Mary Anne