RECAP Field diaries
The REnland ice CAp Project (RECAP) started the 1st of January 2014. The project has been funded by the Saper Aude programme of the Danish Research Council.
11,700 years old ice
7 June 2015
Today we reached ice from the last glacial period!
High temperatures in the drill tent
6 June 2015
Today it was too warm in the drill tent to start drilling...
Celebration in the drill tent
5 June 2015
Five hundred meters depth reached today at 6 am/pm!!!
Well preserved 4000 year old ice
4 June 2015
Today we probably reached a major ~4000 years old volcanic layer...
High speed drilling
3 June 2015
Drilling is speeding up with 27 m core drilled today...
Cutting ice is not that easy
2 June 2015
The cutting of the ice cores into 55 cm long pieces has caused some troubles...
Experiments and breaks in cores
1 June 2015
Jakob has brought a setup for fast access miniature drilling to be tested...
Old and New Renland
31 May 2015
Today we had a flight mission with the Polar 6 aircraft...
Time Zone Confusion
30 May 2015
Yesterday’s crew exchange with Polar 6 is impacting life in camp these days...
New people in camp
29 May 2015
We had hoped to get the first flight with departure Thursday afternoon from Constable Point, but...