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Photographs 2012

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Preparing to go into the fieldsite on 25 May with the help of Liam's snowmobile.

A little digging got us into the hut.

Where is the stream?

No water in Fardalen so on 27 May we walked back out to Longyearbyen.

Back in Nybyen

The lack of snowmelt let us do some tourist activities. Here we are exploring an en-glacial meltwater channel on Larsbreen.

Fascinating patterns of ice and sediment.

The Tauban of Longyearbyen

Taubanstasjonen

Ruth and Adrian at the top of Sarkofagen

Visit to the husky dogs

A little tired out.

Expectantly waiting the transit of Venus (6 June).

Boat trip.

Last remaining sea ice of the winter.

Front of Eskmarksbreen.

Barentsburg - the Russian town of Svalbard.

The school in Barentsburg.

Part of the church in Barentsburg.

Three little auks.

The first flowers!

A reindeer found some grass.

The abandoned mine at Hiortfjellet.

A train going nowhere.

Water! The stream draining Dryadbreen

Alix taking the first water sample of 2012.

Definitely browner than a few weeks ago.

The hut.

The stream draining Fardalen.

Preparing to do a salt tracing (to measure discharge).

Ruth collecting a sediment sample.

Fardlen getting greener by the day.

The start of the stream draining Fardalen on 12th June

A nearly snow-free Longyearbyen.

Glaciated Dryadbreen (left) and unglaciated Fardalen (right).

Building stepping stones.

Measuring stream water properties of Dryadbreen.

Measuring water level in Fardalen.

Alix and Kjetil collecting a water sample from Dryadbreen.

Ruth performing a conductivity calibration prior to a salt tracing test.

Filtration of samples.

Kitchen/bedroom/laboratory.

Samples for uranium series analyses.

Tent spot.

We found an eye for him.

Discussing plans for an afternoon walk.

Lunch (l-r): Kjetil, Ruth, Alix, Wieslaw, Marita, Andrea, Thorstein.

Reindeer.

Flowers.

Drying rack.

Impressive end-moraine of Dryadbreen.

Dryadbreen.

Front of the glacier.

Packing up.

Over the pass onto Longyearbreen.