Submitted by Lisa Seff on Sat, 06/16/2012 - 22:16

Hi Susan! We're enjoying the combo of your and Nicks journals! In class on Friday one of my students asked if some of the aufeis like the ones you showed pictures of, completely melt each summer, or are some large enough that parts of them make it to the following winter?

Lisa

Susan Steiner

On 6/16/2012 10:16 PM, webmaster@polartrec.com wrote:Glad you are enjoying our journals! It's fun having Nick here to bounce
ideas off of, and interesting to see the different stories we pick up
and different experiences we have!
I asked the same question about the aufeis, and the answer is, it
depends on the year. If the summer is warm and relatively long, all the
aufeis can melt. I hope I get a chance to check on it again before I
leave. For sure we can get Nick to keep track of it if it hasn't melted
by the first week of July!