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Big news today. We have been here for 6 days, and we are finally starting sampling. Etienne, Tessa and Nerilie finished drilling the B hole (also known as “Mountain View”) yesterday afternoon. Then, we moved the drill, the large white tent, and all the drilling equipment next to our yellow tent of “Mountain Side”. And this morning, we finished setting...

  Today, in addition to the scientific work, Popi and Bluee made dinner for the team: pizza, pasta, and a delicious berry crumble. All the food we have is frozen. Taylor, our cook, has prepared everything in advance, and froze each meal in a bag. We just have to re-heat it on the propane stove that we brought with us....

This morning, we were greeted by cloudy sky, diamond dust precipitation and a halo, which stayed on most of the day. We spent the morning carrying boxes to our field site. With 8 research groups participating in this experiment, we have 45 boxes of equipment to shuttle. Some went inside the tent, and those containing sample canisters stayed outside. We...

Today, we flew to Müller ice cap, our home for the coming month. The weather was so beautiful, and the view from the plane exceptional. We left Eureka station on Elsmere isand, crossed a frozen fjord, and got to Axel Heiberg Island, with a very complex topography. Finally, we reached the ice cap, a smooth, flat looking extent of ice....

Today, we flew North. We left Yellowknife at 8am, and got on a Beechcraft airplaine from Buffalo Air. Here is the team, eager to get to the ice! Popi and Bluee were very keen to play on the toy helicopter in the waiting room, while the rest of us checked out the cool artifacts celebrating the early days of Canadian...