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In 2007 the researchers moved their equipment from the earlier drilling site NGRIP to the new drilling site NEEM.
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Hercules riding off the storm. Note the snow wall built to avoid the skis on the airplane snowing in. Also seen are the top of the old skiway markers that were left 2 m above snow surface in 2004.
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Hercules riding off the storm. Note the snow wall built to avoid the skis on the airplane snowing in. Also seen are the top of the old skiway markers that were left 2 m above snow surface in 2004.

  • Map of Greenland<br /> The expedition starts out at NorthGRIP (NGRIP) and will then travel the 350 kilometers to NEEM. On the way different work such as drilling shallow icecores and radar mapping was performed.
  • Claude at the barbecue
  • Hanging around at the barbecue<br /> A bunch of hungry people waiting for some first class grub.
  • Working on icecores<br /> Simon and Susanne measuring, logging and packing an icecore
  • The broken belt, that Sverrir fixed
  • The welded break
  • The drill at the second drill site
  • Packing the plane...
  • The six that went in on the first trip to NGRIP<br /> From left to right: Simon, Susanne, Steff, J.P., Sverrir, Peter
  • Steff drilling an icecore
  • Party tent?<br /> Some of the tents are so flourescent, that you are able to see it in the snow.
  • J.P. and Simon drive in one of the tracked vehicles. Simon is the electronics engineer and J.P. is field leader.
  • a couple of tomatoes...<br /> The “Tomatoes” will serve as living quarters and communication room on the traverse.
  • “Crew rest” has a new meaning..
  • C-130 in the storm<br /> A view of the airplane from the Dome when the storm peaked.
  • Getting ready to maintain the skiway
  • Hercules riding off the storm. Note the snow wall built to avoid the skis on the airplane snowing in. Also seen are the top of the old skiway markers that were left 2 m above snow surface in 2004.
  • The C-130 stuck at NGRIP, a crew member on top of the buried Dome.
  • The white weatherport that contained vehicles.
  • Sverrirs new watertap<br /> The easy way to get water and at the same time have a freezer... Just cut a hole in the door!!
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