The Arctic field season is now in full flow.. IPY researchers are busy in Northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Russia, Scandinavia, and the Arctic Ocean. They are also, like their Antarctic colleagues, committed to public outreach. So where are the stories? Well.. they're just starting to come in, as the researchers return to a more-connected world.

This image shows BAS personnel Crispin Day (left), Richard Hindmarsh (centre) and Fabien Gillet (right) who went to NSF Summit Station in Greenland to deploy the BAS phase-sensitive radar (pRES). This measures deformation in ice, and the team will exploit a glaciological phenomenon known as the "Raymond Effect" to achieve a high-accuracy determination of the viscosity (stickiness) of ice. Knowledge of this is essential in predicting the response of ice-sheets to climate change. Measurements were taken near the GRIP ice-core site, and further measurements will be taken near the upcoming NEEM drill site in July. The measurements will be repeated next year in order to determine ice motion.

We are also receiving posts from Matt Nolan, a glaciologist spending 5 months near McCall Glacier Alaska and sending amazing panorama photos, videos, images, and stories from his team.



Darek and Jason wrestle with the shallow coring drill, now about 8 meters deep, hoping to not get it stuck in the hole. Taken from Matt Nolan's Blog

Please do follow the stories,- and send us yours.. and remember, silence from the Arctic researchers doesn't mean they're not active, it just means they're very, very remote.