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 weatherport with bunkbeds for…
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 plastic sled was coupled…
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 offloading our Pistenbully. In…
Tomorrow we expect the final flight to EGRIP. Hopefully, we will receive the Pistenbully that will pull the science traverse 400+ km from EGRIP to the former GRIP site along…
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 day between 5 m/s…
As mentioned below, we found three CO2 cylinders in carpenter’s garage. In the past couple of days, these elusive cylinders were not detected by people searching for them, although in…
We now have no problems staying warm. Relatively strong wind from WSW carries warm temperatures with it. Temperatures have risen from -27 C a few days ago to a high…
We had one night with cold conditions. This morning, the dome was above freezing, and by evening, we had room temperature in the dome. Everybody is fine, and it was…
With a four-day delay, the put-in crew of EGRIP finally arrived in cold, windy and clear weather. We are now ten people at EGRIP: Anders, Thomas, Louise, Christoph, Sverrir, Frederik,…
Sunday, May 11The team spent a calm day at the harbour, passing time with some ice fishing. Three fish were caught and later prepared for dinner and served alongside grilled…