23 July 2011 Day 26: Saying goodbye and packing

Taking bags to the Kangerlussuaq airport
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Agenda Highlights 1) Our last breakfast together 2) Saying goodbye at the airport 3) Packing, cleaning, and finishing reports ##Vocabulary atoqqillugu (Greenlandic) - recycle/use again

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22 July 2011 Day 25: LC-130 operations and scatter radar

Ole and Sylvia experience a pilot's view
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Today's student commentary Submitted by Ole (Greenland) Today we started with a plane tour in airport and. In this plane tour we were told how the Hercules airplanes are and how solitary parts (engine, cockpit, emergency etc.) are. We could ask about everything we will know and could sit on the

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21 July 2011 Day 24: NEEM!

JSEP folks at NEEM
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Today's student commentary Submitted by Avaruna Mathaessun (Greenland) ##Today's teacher commentary Submitted by Shelly Hynes (USA) Last day on the ice unfortunately! We headed to NEEM today, the North Greeland Eemian Ice Drilling site for a tour of their facilities. Students were excited to

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20 July 2011 Day 23: Reflecting on Summit

Jeannie Wilkening
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Today's student commentary Submitted by Jeannie Wilkening (USA) Today started out as a pretty slow morning. While some of us got up in time to go to breakfast, others took advantage of the open schedule and slept in for a while. Later in the morning, we got together for our team meeting. We

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19 July 2011 Day 22: Leaving Summit?

Heading back to catch a flight to Kangerlussuaq
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Today's student commentary Submitted by Christine Nohr Pedersen (Denmark) Today we woke up at 7 am and in spite of the fact that the wind chill made the air feel like minus 22° C we were well protected in our polar gear. We had to pack our sleeping kit and stack our bags before 7.30 am so they

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18 July 2011 Day 21: Summit!

Measuring snow density on the skiway
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Today's teacher commentary Submitted by Jakob (Greenland) After a good night in the tent with minus 150C, we were ready for the day program. We started at 0730 with breakfast while the station manager told us about the activity on the station to day. After breakfast we talk to Brian about

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17 July 2011 Day 20: Do we make it to Summit?

JSEP group arrives at Summit
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Today's teacher commentary Submitted by Jakob (Greenland) We are going to the Summit Station to day – YES We went from Kangerlussuaq to the Summit at 0700 with a C-130 from the US Air Force, it was really expedition. The Summit field station was established in 1989 by the US NSF as Greenland ice

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16 July 2011 Day 19: What scientists do when a flight is cancelled?

JP Steffensen explains ice cores and Earth's climate history
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Today's student commentary Submitted by Kurt Olsen (Greenland) Today we were very excited to take off to NEEM, but still the plans were flexible, so the plan was to be ready to take off today or tomorrow. We went to the waterfall around the sugarloaf area, just a hike, but our primary goal was

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15 July 2011 Day 18: Real scientists and preparing for NEEM

Rebecca's birthday
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Today's student commentary Submitted by Rebecca Skov (Denmark) Today we all started by waking Rebecca up with a birthday song because it is her birthday. It is a Danish tradition. Then Paul, a pilot, told us about how it is to land and take off from the ice and what kind of complications there

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14 July 2011 Day 17: Showing guests around and visiting with the elders (and shaman)

Christine leads the way along a ridgeline lake
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Today's highlights 1) Sad goodbyes to those returning home 2) Giving the visiting press a tour of the area: hike across from Sugarloaf Mt., visit to sea tomato lake, and visit to the elders and shaman camp by Long Lake 3) For dinner using meal tickets: Thai Food! 4) Visit to the dog sled puppies

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