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.
We spent all day trying to make a directional drilling
16 June 2015
Today an attempt of directional drilling was made...
Clear imprint of recent warming
15 June 2015
The borehole was logged today at 5 m intervals...
Sunday evening sightseeing tour
14 June 2015
Trevors skidoo tour out of camp...
Outdoor Saturday celebration
13 June 2015
Yesterday Steff and Trevor mounted the rock drill and this morning they made several attempts of drilling...
Bedrock was reached Friday June 12th!!!
12 June 2015
After 31 days of intensive drilling efforts the RECAP bedrock was reached Friday June 12th!!!
Bedrock is near
11 June 2015
Drilling is up to speed again...
The winch seems to be back in good shape
10 June 2015
In the morning the winch was repaired...
Drilling is stopped for a while
9 June 2015
During the first run of the day, it was discovered that the winch for the drill needs some repair...
Interesting but more and more brittle ice
8 June 2015
It became a day of excitement at the ice core processing table...
11,700 years old ice
7 June 2015
Today we reached ice from the last glacial period!