Sarah, Mette and I -
THE TEAM

deploying the tubes in the ice

this specific core is covered with a black garbage bag to investigate the influence of light on primary production rates

THE chain saw at work: ice thickness was around 1.20m and the length of the cut about 4'

the second cut

finished the second cut

getting ready for the forth and last cut

the finished product - this rectangle will prevent the currents from reaching the under-ice surface and thereby enable current-free ice growth

jeremy's ice block - cut loose with THE chain saw

no - this is not a toilet!

generator trouble

one out - 8 to go.

Matthew, Tom and Sarah and the "infamous" tripod

near the ice edge with Carl

Sarah's plot with the tube locations staked out, the rectangle is on the west side of the plot

The tubes for the biological experiment

ADV set up to the east of Sarah's plot

Maintenance on the ADV hole

Charging the ADV with the generator

The ice corer

Ice core from inside of the rectangle where the currents were partially cut off

see thin section for crystal orientations

Ice core from outside the rectangle were water currents had full access

see thin section for crystal orientations

Ice core from one of the 8" diameter tubes were water currents were completely cut off

see thin section for crystal orientations

Bottom of an ice core from one of the tubes

The centrifuge in the warehouse, samples were centrifuged as soon as possible after drilling the cores out of the ice

The warehouse at NARL in Barrow

The steamdrill: attempted removal of the plastic sheets

Steamdrilling the 8" PVC tubes