ICELINK in the Field

The traverse work has started this year in collbaoration with Green2ice and Precise. Field work this year will occur from 18 May to and including 6 June.

17-18 May 2025 – Weather is strange these days. It is warm and there is a constant wind from the SW, and the wind speed varies a lot over the … Read more

19 May 2025 – Hopefully, we will receive the Pistenbully that will pull the science traverse 400+ km from EGRIP to the former GRIP site along the ice flow line. … Read more

20 May 2025 – Weather today was good for flying, albeit a bit too warm for ideal flight operations. Skier 21 arrived just before Noon, and the crew proceeded with … Read more

21 May 2025 – First of all, preparations for the departure of the science traverse are going well. The full sled train with a Pistenbully, two heavy sleds and a … Read more

22 May 2025 – The train of the science traverse will consist of a Pistenbully tractor, two heavy sleds: one with kitchen and dining room and generator, another with a … Read more

23 May 2025 – As you go down along a check list, there is almost always an issue which pops up. Today, it was the 7 kW diesel generator that … Read more

24-25 May 2025 – Let me begin with this: The weather is really fine. It’s cold, but not so windy, and it’s sunny. Now to the rest: We had planned … Read more

26 May 2025 – The decision yesterday to wait another day to allow for fixing the radar has paid off. Today, the radar people could happily announce that the radar … Read more

27 May 2025 – So, today just past Noon, the science traverse departed SSW and disappeared in the horizon. The team has now split. At EGRIP, we are now: Josephine, … Read more

28 May 2025 – At EGRIP, the crew continued to excavate the sled and the ski under the dome. It is a lot of physical work to cut and remove … Read more

30 May 2025 – Big changes at EGRIP today. We successfully pulled the dome up a ramp to the surface. It now sits 100 m from the original spot. At … Read more

31 May – 1 June 2025 – Weather deteriorated Saturday afternoon. We were prepared, and at EGRIP we kept each other company mainly inside the dome. As water supply is … Read more

02 June 2025 – Most of the day, it was not worth it to work outside. Forecast for tomorrow however, tells us about a good long day of work ahead. … Read more

03 June 2025 – The days started fine. Weather was good, and people at EGRIP were eager to get going. And many things were done. However, at the first cup … Read more

05 June 2025 – At EGRIP, we are beginning to build piles of equipment on the surface. We have to empty our garages and empty our underground storage cave. The … Read more

04 June 2005 – We are packing equipment down and staging it for loading on traverse train; but we also expect 12 persons from the 109th to repair the air … Read more

06 June 2025 – The 109th have delayed their arrival to EGRIP at least until Sunday, and this means that our traverse crew, now at GRIP, probably cannot be picked up … Read more

07 June 2025 – The ERC Synergy Project  Green2Ice project (Green2Ice.eu) met one of its main objectives of the season on June 7th when we found the casing of the … Read more

07-08 June 2025 – Some really good news: Saturday, the traverse crew reported that they found the GRIP borehole casing at 4.5 m depth. They lowered a borehole camera and … Read more