Tomorrow I leave for my 4th field season with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project! This year I will be doing some of my own measurements - of crevasses! - as a research project for credit at UMaine. I put an image of my project hypothesis below. Also, I can't wait to use my little field sketchbook again - I am bringing up both watercolors and colored pencils and will alternate packing one or the other in at different glaciers. I look forward to posting pictures and sketches when I return on August 17th : >
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| Crevasse areas I will be measuring on the Easton Glacier on Mt. Baker |
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| Various members of the team! |
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| Probing for snow depth |
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| Camp! |
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| Seracs! |
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| Mt. Baker <3 |
QUANTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF CREVASSES:
Awesome post and pictures! My favorite glaciers are the Patagonia glaciers, it was one of the best experiences of my life. Thank you for sharing this with us!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mike!
ReplyDeleteI go with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project:
http://www.nichols.edu/departments/glacier/
I've worked on four field seasons now, each summer in August for over 2 weeks, and it is always incredible!