Daily reports from the NGRIP-camp - week 24 year 2000
Monday, June 12th
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| Daily life |
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| Science |
| Easy drilling today. There has been a little adjusting and optimizing
of the drill, but 35 m's are expected to be drilled today, which is a very
good production (145 meters are expected to be drilled every week). Every
drilling produces a core of about 3,5 m's length, but as drilling proceeds
every run takes longer and longer, as the hole becomes deeper and deeper.
At the moment the drill has to be lowered more than 2.1 km in every run! |
| Logistics |
| No more boxes available for the packing of the core, but fortunately
there will be a plane with fresh supplies within a few days. The skiway
is being groomed constantly to be prepared for the heavy planes. |
Tuesday, June 13th
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| Daily life |
An exciting day on the ice. The camp received a plane today, and this
is always a nice interruption of the daily routine. On these occasions
the camp receives new personnel and fresh supplies of food, spare parts
and many other things. Last but not least the plane brings mail from home!
Furthermore two reporters from the German "Der Spiegel" visited camp
today, and they had a guided tour around the busy camp. |
| Science |
| There was no core processing today, but the CFA and the drilling continued
without problems. The CFA handled about 20 m's of ice in a day, which is
certainly a good. Moreover the seismic station was logged today. |
| Logistics |
The landing of the plane was a very smooth operation. However when
taking off JATO's had to be used, so the runway
must be thoroughly checked tomorrow.
Two pallets with ice core boxes have been made and is ready to be shipped
out with the next plane. |
Wednesday, June 14th
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| Daily life |
Today all functions in the camp have been working slowly, due to the
new crew. The new people in the camp, must work slowly the first couple
of days to avoid height sickness.
The drillers have had some problems with the drill today, but they
ended the day with two perfect runs. |
| Science |
| Data form the PARCA-automatic weather
station have been downloaded.
Two new cutting plans have been proposed and sent to approval. |
| Logistics |
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Thursday, June 15th
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| Daily life |
| The new people in the camp have acclimatized and both drilling and
work in the science trench are running with full speed again. There has
been repairs on the drill today and a little lump of ice in the borehole
has been removed. |
| Science |
| The measurements performed in the field are very interesting as we
now are down in the glacial ice. With the measuring resolution annual variations
are detectable in many of the parameters. The spirit in the science trench
is high. |
| Logistics |
| The planning for the next mission in the coming week has started. How
much fuel does the camp need - and how much drill liquid should be included
on the C130-Hercules to ensure that the drilling can proceed until 10 July. |
Friday, June 16th
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| Daily life |
| The weather in camp is just perfect. No wind and up to -10 degrees
celsius during day. The two weatherstations placed a few kilometers from
the camp are checked. |
| Science |
| The data from the weatherstations are downloaded and the batteries
are charged. |
| Logistics |
| The roof of one of the subsurface trenches has moved and the day is
used to support the roof. |
Saturday, June 17th
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| Daily life |
| Again a perfect day. Good weather, good drilling and good processing
in the science trench. It is Saturday evening, so everyone takes a shower.
As many of the tasks in camp are done around the clock, this evening is
the only one where all can be together. |
| Science |
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| Logistics |
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Sunday, June 18th
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| Daily life |
| A slow day in the camp after saturday evening. |
| Science |
| All measurements in the science trench have been made without the big
events. The seismic station has been checked and data downloaded. Over
500 events have been recorded during the 3 weeks the staion has been operational.
From other sources we know that there has been a big earthquake on Island
today. This we show up as a strong signal on the NGRIP seismic station. |
| Logistics |
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