RECAP Field diaries
The REnland ice CAp Project (RECAP) started the 1st of January 2014. The project has been funded by the Saper Aude programme of the Danish Research Council.
We are out of freezer space
27 May 2015
The firn gas/shallow core team drilled another two shallow cores with the hand auger...
Ice core “bag 500”
26 May 2015
We are gradually changing the daily rhythm for the firn gas/shallow core team...
Camp ingenuity
25 May 2015
The drilling and processing progress is stable...
A pig in camp
24 May 2015
As always, we started late Sunday morning...
High productivity in camp
23 May 2015
In the wet drilling operation, we had problems with packing of chips in the morning...
Drilling continues in a stable mode
22 May 2015
Wet drilling continues in a stable and highly productive mod
Internet access in camp
21 May 2015
For the first time this year, we now have internet access in camp...
Fantastic start on the liquid drilling
20 May 2015
After a few runs, we went into a good routine of wet drilling...
Both drilling operations are progressing very well
19 May 2015
We still suffer from rather short workdays due to high day temperatures
NEWS directly from camp for the period 07-18/5 2015
18 May 2015
Read all dailies freshly flown out of camp covering the period 07 - 18/5, 2015