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