by Martyn Tranter
The last couple of weeks have been a little bonkers, and Manic Mondays have become Manic Weeks. We were given a small window to get into the field at the end of June, and to work through into the second half of July. We think we have gotten everything in place to work on the southern tip of the Greenland Ice Sheet, near to Narsarssuaq. I’ll let Alex’s and Liane’s groups tell their stories about getting ready, and working around COVID19 restrictions. I have been very proud of the way that our younger researchers and project managers have worked flat out to get equipment, travel plans and permissions into place. We’ll keep you posted of developments and the stories over the coming weeks, as folk recover from their endeavours and have a little time to post on this blog. I hope that you enjoy the stories and observations of what will follow, which perhaps will give you an insight to what is involved with getting a field science team onto the ice sheet for three weeks. Take best care in these viral days meanwhile.