Gallery Observing a large melt stream near S6, Greenland Ice Sheet, 2016 Millions of cryoconite holes occupy melting ice surfaces on the Greenland Ice sheet Traversing the start of the “K-transect” near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland in 2010. The surface of Austre Broggerbreen, Ny Alesund, Svalbard in August 2009. Field site in Svalbard A cryoconite-filled pond 4 km inland of the margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet, near Point 660, Kengerlussuaq. UAV testing in Svalbard Close up view of a cryoconite hole with bubbles of air trapped beneath an ice-lid. Snowmobile to field site, Svalbard Glacier microbiology fieldwork (ph cr: David Elliott) Arriving on the Greenland Ice Sheet in July 2016 DCIM100MEDIADJI_0230.JPG Extensive cryoconite deposits on the Greenland Ice Sheet, near Camp Dark Snow (see darksnowproject.org) in 2014. Skiing to field site in Svalbard DCIM100MEDIADJI_0149.JPG Low sun over the Black and Bloom camp (July 2016) Accessing field site in Svalbard (ph. Marc Latzel/Rolex) The beautiful cryoconite at S6, Greenland ice sheet Iceland icebergs (ph cr: David Elliott) DCIM100MEDIADJI_0033.JPG Image taken from a quadcopter while mapping the ice surface, near point 660, Greenland Ice Sheet. Tom Gribbon examining the ice surface at the Black and Bloom camp in July 2016. Drone maintenance in Svalbard (ph. Marc Latzel/Rolex) Mount Baldy, CA, 23rd Nov 2016 DCIM100MEDIADJI_0091.JPG Moon rise over the weather station on the Greenland Ice Sheet, (2016) DCIM100MEDIADJI_0025.JPG Black and Bloom camp on the Greenland Ice Sheet (July 2016) Greenland ice sheet melt in action: observing surface runoff in a stunning supraglacial stream (ph. Sara Penrhyn-Jones) A solar halo over the Greenland Ice Sheet Accessing field site in Svalbard (ph. Marc Latzel/Rolex) An aerial view of the Black and Bloom Camp at S6 (Greenland Ice Sheet) in 2016. UAV flights in Svalbard (ph. Marc Latzel/Rolex) Field site at KAN-U, Greenland Ice Sheet (July 2016) Cryoconite researchers on the Greenland Ice Sheet in 2010. Black and Bloom camp, July 2016 Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like Loading...