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