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