Jan Mayen – snow samples at Beerenberg completed

After three long (!) working days, all snow samples on Beerenberg are collected. The first trip has already been mentioned in a previous post, when we reached the summit of Beerenberg. The second trip went to Nunataken, where we collected snow in a snow pit. Lucky for us, the weather was on our side, with almost no wind during collection of our snow-pit samples.

Looking for the “perfect” spot to dig a snow pit.
Will in his element.
Tor digging snow.
Aliens (Stine – left, Will – right) at work

The third trip was to carry around 120 kg of snow down from the snowline. Tor and Stine carried this in two trips down Ekerolddalen.

Mission completed!