Vatnajökull 2025 – May 28 – June 11
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Vatnajökull 2025
Photos/text by Kieran Baxter/Fleur van Bemmel
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Team of 24 depart for spring fieldwork
28 May 2025 – A team 24-members strong departed today for the Icelandic Glaciology Society’s annual spring field trip to Vatnajökull, Iceland’s largest ice cap. Four members of this team … Read more
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Collaboration is key
01 June 2025 – Jöklarannsóknafélag Íslands is the Icelandic Glaciological Society where many different parties get together to collaborate on glacier reseach collaborate. Two of ICELINK’s partners, the Icelandic MET … Read more
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Locating the site for the ICELINK borehole
02 June 2025 – The ICELINK borehole on Vatnajökull needs to be drilled at a location with only ice and no subglacial water structures along its length. To find this … Read more
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Bad weather strikes!
03 Jun 2025 – Packed and ready to move, the team wait for a go/no-go decision on whether it is safe to travel down off of the ice cap today. … Read more
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It’s about the science (and the people!)
08 Jun 2025 – The team find different ways to beat cabin fever in bad weather. A lot of progress is being made reading books, knitting and even some wood … Read more
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Never a dull moment: Last days of fieldwork
10 Jun 2025 – After three days of being inside the huts at Grímsfjall, the team woke up to much calmer weather. During breakfast, it became clear that this would … Read more