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Operation IceBridge Arctic 2018

Heading up to Thule

View of the P-3 inside the D-1 hangar at Wallops
Accepted 4-12-1963
Nathan shows Claire around the P-3 before our transit to Thule tomorrow

Nathan with the ATM wide-scan nadir port
So much love
America and starboard ailerons
Nathan and Claire with the NASA P-3

Nathan and Claire with the P-3
John and Claire headed out to the P-3 morning of the transit
Boarding the P-3 amidst very early morning rain

Sunrise off the New Jersey coastline
About to head over Long Island, NY
The North Fork of Long Island and neighboring islands along eastern Long Island Sound

Southeastern Connecticut and Southern Rhode Island
Narraganset Bay

Mount Washington, NH
A close-up of the Mount Washington Observatory

We fly just to the east of Mt. Katahdin
Rows of snow blowing off the eastern coast of Baffin Island
Sea ice in Baffin Bay
Claire in the P-3 cockpit with first views of sea ice on IceBridge

March 22nd, 2018: Zigzag East

Zigzag East flight line
The NASA P-3 fueling up for it's first science flight of the campaign!

John & Craig at the navigator's station during transit
Aaron and John prepare/test the radar systems en-route to the first line
Jim and Nathan speak with visiting scientist Claire Parkinson about the ATM systems and airborne data collection
Hara manning the MCoRDS radar system
Visiting scientist Adam Greeley entranced by his first views of sea ice

Consolidated pack ice north of Greenland
Consolidated pack ice north of Greenland
Floes interspersed with thin ice and leads releasing moisture to the air
Claire watching sea ice pass by from the cockpit

Pilots Jenny and Trey and Flight Engineer John over sea ice in the cockpit
Snow-covered pack ice north of Greenland
Snow-covered pack ice north of Greenland

Snow-covered pack ice and refrozen leads north of Greenland
Claire enjoying observing the sea ice
Ridged floes near Cape Morris Jesup
Coastal Greenland just east of Nares Strait

Claire with NASA 426 after the flight

March 21-25, 2018: Around Thule

Headed out on a walk to the "secret place" - the view from North Mountain back southwards
Adam beats us to the top of the first peak

Claire making her way through the snow to the next viewpoint
View from "secret place" over Wolstenholme Fjord.
From left to right the four glaciers that terminate in this fjord are: Pinguarssuit Sermiat Chamberlain Glacier Knud Rasmussed Glacier Harald Moltke Glacier
A wind-sculpted snow field at the "secret place"
Nathan on the hike out

Claire on the hike out
Claire in front of Wolstenholme Fjord and icebergs in sea ice
Claire in front of Wolstenholme Fjord and icebergs in sea ice
Adam overlooking all of Thule...

Plenty of snow on that beard!
Nathan, Claire and Adam hike back to the car
Hiking back to the car
Headed out onto the sea ice just north of Mount Dundas
We come along some polar bear tracks!

A close-up of one paw print
Ah, there's our local bear
Nathan and Claire arrive at the first iceberg
Nathan and Claire at the first iceberg
Nathan is enjoying his time at this "iceberg beach" too literally...
The first iceberg

Woohoo!
The second iceberg

Claire gets up-close to the second iceberg
A close-up view of a crack in the blue ice
Adam, Nathan and Claire up on the 'berg
A view of them on the entire iceberg

Claire in the middle of the second iceberg
Lifting all that... snow.
A rare photo of me on the berg
The moon joins us as well

Headed back across the sea ice to the car...
One last view of the second iceberg
Icebergs in the distance
Passing the first iceberg again

dogsled tracks in the snow
According to Adam's beard, it was a very good day
Eugenia and Claire out near the ice sheet
View of the ice wall

Making snow angels out behind Thule
The view of Wolstenholme Fjord from BMEWS
Glaciers from right to left: Harald Moltke Knud Rasmussen Chamberlain Glacier Salisbury Glacier

A close-up of Knud Rasmussed Glacier
Icebergs frozen in the sea ice
Chamberlain Glacier

March 26th, 2018: Thule - WFF Transit

The P-3 being pulled out of the hanger for transit back to Wallops
Mike at the controls for this takeoff
The P-3 prepping for flight on the Thule ramp in the morning sun

The P-3 prepping for flight on the Thule ramp
Kyle drives a Hilux around for the ATM ramp survey
The P-3 just after takeoff through a thick inversion layer

The P-3 just after takeoff through a thick inversion layer
The P-3 just after takeoff, the Greenland ice cap in the background

The P-3 just after takeoff, the Greenland ice cap in the background
The P-3 just after takeoff, the Greenland ice cap in the background
The P-3 just after takeoff, the Greenland ice cap in the background

The P-3 just after takeoff from Thule Air Base, Greenland
The P-3 just after takeoff from Thule Air Base, Greenland

The P-3 just after takeoff, over a frozen North Star Bay
The P-3 just after takeoff, over a frozen North Star Bay

March 25th, 2018: Skating D-launch

Eugenia and Jenny headed down into D-launch for skating...
People putting on skates

Adam fixing his skates

A relic from years past, soon to be completely encased in the floor
Eugenia waiting to come back up topside
Nathan up at the surface
Jenny makes it back up top
A very happy post-skating Adam, as usual, covered in icicles

D-launch

March 30th, 2018: Skiing the Greenland Icecap

Hiking up the Greenland ice sheet with skis
Alexey skiing down the ice sheet
Alexey skiing down the ice sheet
Nathan climbs an old moraine

View up the ice sheet section we're climbing. The Tuto ramp is on the right.

Nathan & Adam, headed further up the ice sheet
Two kilometers in from the edge of the ice sheet
Panorama of our view down the ice sheet

Adam, Nathan and I on the Greenland ice sheet
Adam and Nathan, discussing the Tuto ramp

Tasty snow!
More tasty snow...

Looking east towards the interior
Here's a photo of the snow grains for Adam
Too much land ice for these sea ice guys...

Skiing back down to the car
Adam stops mid-slope to take it all in

Nathan sledding back down
My shadow and I, skiing down the ice sheet to the car
Nathan down at the end of the ice sheet

One of me skiing down the ice sheet... not easy with a dSLR on skis

March 31st, 2018: Armed Forces Day Dogsled Race

View of the start/finish line, as well as mukluk hockey rink

April 2nd, 2018: WFF - Thule Transit

The NASA P-3 arriving back at Thule from maintenance down at NASA Wallops Flight Facility
The NASA P-3 arriving back at Thule from maintenance down at NASA Wallops Flight Facility

The NASA P-3 over a sea ice covered North Star Bay
The NASA P-3 with gear down, coming in to land in Thule

The NASA P-3 over North Star bay and "D-launch"
The P-3 with gear down, coming in to land at Thule Air Base
The NASA P-3 in front of South Mountain, coming in for landing

The NASA P-3 near touchdown
The NASA P-3 near touchdown

April 2nd, 2018: Dogsledding with Nathan & Kyle

Nathan and Kyle headed down to the sea ice to meet our dogsleds
Some of the dogsleds down on the ice

Kyle talking with his friend who's going to drive him around
Lars takes me out onto the ice with his nine dogs...
$The cold air refraction of the view this morning is insane! Those are icebergs!$
The cold air refraction of the view this morning is insane! Those are icebergs!

Kyle and Nathan ahead of me on their sleds in front of Saunders Island
Kyle and Nathan's sleds stop to discuss where the nearest seals are
Thumbs up

Lars's dogs pull us into stop #2
Lars taking a break with his sled
Lars's dogpack

Mount Dundas from frozen over North Star Bay
The trail back
Kyle's sled takes off!
Nathan's sled is in the lead...

Nathan and Kyle headed for the next seal
Discussing where to head next
dags!

Lars
Lars

Lars getting his dogs in-line to head out again
Kyle catching the action
Lars stopping some insurrection

Kyle and Nathan
Headed back...
Nathan and Kyle's sleds headed in...

Nathan and Kyle's teams visit an iceberg on the way in
Me on Lars' sled
Almost there...
Lars putting the dogs away

April 2nd: Around Thule - Part 2

Back up at Camp Tuto during sunset to show Jefferson around
Close-up of a cut-away of the ice ramp
Eugenia, Emily and Nathan head up to check out the ice ramp
Jefferson is working to capture it all

sunset across the drifted snow
Hiking north...
We find some nice ice lenses made with some textbook fresh water ice

Like any good scientist, Nathan samples the local ice
Eugenia can resist taking close-ups of the ice
Jefferson gets shots of Nathan walking around in the distance
There's a small frozen meltwater lake
Nathan and Jefferson off shooting in the distance
Interesting ice bubbles entrained in the ice

Jefferson getting some time-lapse of the sunset on the hills

Jefferson filming the edge of the ice sheet
Nathan out on the largest of the frozen meltwater lakes

Nathan on the largest of the local meltwater lakes
Eugenia on the frozen meltwater lake
Some extremely impressive cornices

Cornice close-up
Jefferson headed back up to the truck...

April 3rd, 2018: Nansen Gap

Nansen Gap flight line
The NASA P-3 on the ramp pre-takeoff

A large area of very flat ice - remnants of the polynya from over a month ago
Medium size pans of ice in a heavily ridged area. NE of Greenland
Large sea ice blocks pushed up in a pressure ridge

An open-water sea ice lead amongst rubble and ridges
Flooded ice around an ice ridge and cracks in deformed ice
Shravan running the SnowRadar
Shravan running the SnowRadar

Eugenia watching the sea ice pass by from the cockpit
John and Craig at the nav station near our first turn
A lead in some mixed-year ice
Steam escapes from relatively warm spots of open water & thin ice

A sea ice lead with a thin ice cover
An iceberg and some scattered leads in Fram Strait
Old finger rafts near fresh ridging and flooded ice

Recent deformation events: new leads, ridges and flooded ice in Fram Strait
Similarly oriented sastrugi on ice in the Fram Strait

April 4th, 2018: North Pole Transect

North Pole Transect flight line
The NASA P-3 on the ramp, preparing for today's science flight

The little abandoned village of Moriusaq, just down the fjord from Thule Air Base

Thin sea ice streaks in the North Water Polynya
Thin sea ice along the coast of Ellesmere Island on our transit NW
Glaciers and mountains in SE Ellesmere Island
Glaciers along the edge of the Prince of Whales Icefield

Consolidated sea ice floes along the beginning of the line
These were the closest we got to leads along the first leg
Matt adjusting the ATM wide-scan mid-flight
A sun dog glows from an icy cirrus cloud over sea ice
Shravan enjoys the seemingly endless sea ice passing by...

A lone iceberg amidst the sea ice
A very open water lead, with some bonus ice draft showing
One of the first good leads we come across on the NW portion of the flight
One of the largest leads we saw on the entire flight today
More consolidated pack ice as we near the pole

Nathan checking out all the sea ice in the low sunlight
Emily enjoying all the sea ice from the rear bubble window!
See? We were just there...
Sea ice at the North Pole this year

Headed back south...
We even let Hara drive for a bit (not really...)
lenticular clouds over upper Nares Strait

April 5th, 2018: ICESat-2 North

ICESat-2 North flight line
Shravan and Joe heading out to the P-3 on the ramp

Jacob Soboroff from NBC's The Today Show, interviewing Joe on the P-3
John on his way to get coffee, watches on, unaware he's next in line
John explaining the MCoRDS radar to Jacob

Joe on the P-3
Emily talking to students around the US on x-chat

Brian in the cockpit over Humboldt Glacier
Mike flying over Humboldt Glacier
Joe talking with Jacob

Jacob watching the ice pass by
View out the cockpit

Trey relaxing during his break
The northern edge of Humboldt Glacier
The northern edge of Humboldt Glacier
Jefferson watching the ice pass by

Emily enjoying the view
Bill the cameraman sets up the interview shot
Jacob interviewing Nathan about IceBridge

Cracks in upper Petermann Glacier
Cracks in upper Petermann Glacier
The western edge of the canyon along Petermann Glacier

Evidence of an avalanche and a turbulent glacier surface
We fly over one of the many cracks in the glacier
A closeup of one of the many cracks in Petermann
A close-up of one of the many cracks in Petermann

The western edge of Petermann Glacier
The western edge of Petermann Glacier
The western edge of Petermann Glacier
The western edge of Petermann Glacier

A large and thick snow cover on the ridge just west of Petermann Glacier
A large snowfall on the west end of Petermann
A large snowpack and some wind-blown snow pour off the clirff

Close-up of what looks like a small hanging glacier
The western edge of Petermann Glacier
The western edge of Petermann Glacier and sea ice

Close-up of a Petermann Glacier tributary
End of the western edge wall and sea ice
High winds blowing snow off Petermann's eastern walls
High winds blowing snow off Petermann's eastern walls

April 5th, 2018: The Today Show on ice

April 6th, 2018: Laxon Line

Laxon Line flight line
Sea ice with some older leads, around the mid-point of the flight today

Sea ice with leads in the Central Arctic Basin
An example of the flat-light in the clouds we got caught in for a portion of the flight today
A mostly frozen-over sea ice lead with nice clouds
Snow-covered consolidated pack ice
Nathan and John discuss flight plans for our upcoming time in Fairbanks

View from the cockpit over sea ice
The lead sizes increased towards the Alaskan coast
Some submerged sea ice in a lead

Large sea ice floes amongst heavily ridged sea ice
The pack ice meets the landfast ice
The northern coast of Alaska

April 7th, 2018: North Beaufort Loop

North Beaufort Loop flight line
The team in front of the NASA P-3 on the ramp in Fairbanks

Denali just after takeoff during our transit north
Flooded ice just inside the coast

Frost wedge polygons along the Alaskan coast
Sea ice just off the coast
Sea ice in the Beaufort Sea

Sea ice in the Beaufort Sea
Sea ice in the Beaufort Sea
Sea ice in the Beaufort Sea
Sea ice in the Beaufort Sea
The Arrigetch Peaks in the Brooks Range

The Brooks Range
A close-up of Bettles from the southwest

April 8th, 2018: Chukchi West

Chukchi West flight line
Overflight of the ICEX ice camp. The bottom photos are CAMBOT imagery, the top two are my oblique shots.

Here's a close-up DMS shot of the twin otter that's stranded there on the ice
Ice along the northern portion of the flight line
Our furthest west (east?) on the flight line - the over into the eastern hemisphere!
Nathan enjoying the sea ice pass by...

Dirty ice pieces in a lead
Our shadow as we fly south towards the Bering Strait

I catch a flock of birds circling over a refrozen lead
Some large consolidated floes in this area
Plenty of oriented wind drifts in this area
A glory around the P-3's shadow

Separate sea ice floes in the Chukchi Sea
Pulling out of the line to head back to Fairbanks

Scenic Photos

Headed out on a walk to the "secret place" - the view from North Mountain back southwards

Adam overlooking all of Thule...

The first iceberg
Headed out onto the sea ice just north of Mount Dundas
The moon joins us as well
Icebergs in the distance
A close-up of Knud Rasmussed Glacier

Adam with part of the ramp on the ice sheet at Camp Tuto
Nathan & Adam on the ice sheet and old ramp, respectively

End of the road... Camp Tuto
The northern lights from the ice sheet ramp
The view back towards Thule from the ice sheet ramp

View of the broken ramp up the ice sheet at night

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