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