We are investigating how dark particles (black) and microbial processes (Bloom) drive the melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
A day in the life of Camp Black & Bloom It’s pretty bright outside, the tent walls glow hues of the orange flysheet. Time to get the day rolling; on … Continue Reading Tris’s Blog – a day in the life of an ice camper
We leave for Copenhagen tomorrow, and then on to Kanger Wednesday morning, so there won’t be any posts for a few days until Chris gets back to Bristol next Tuesday. … Continue Reading Last post for a few days
There’s been a flurry of activity this last two days. The albedo team (Joe and Johan) have been busy sampling surface ice and flying the quadcopter, Jim has been aerosol … Continue Reading Field crew change on Friday
All samples collected on the dash to the snowline have been processed by the field team, and now there is a big drive to collect as many particulate samples as … Continue Reading Big push on particulate sampling
Tom is a first year geography undergraduate at Bristol who received a Royal Geographical Society fieldwork prize to join the team. Here are his words and pictures. Two weeks on … Continue Reading Tom Gribbins Blog
Marian and Tom have been busy processing algae collected on the the first Dash from camp to the snow line on Wednesday. They report the following….. Desiring to be alone … Continue Reading Algal cells from Wednesday’s Dash….
Tris just sent through these images via e-mail from Kangerlussuaq. I’ll let you work out whether or not the ice surface is dark in places, and what is causing any darkening……
Life at Camp Black and Bloom…… I’m not sure if we ever tied down a name for our ice sheet home for summer 2016. We are close to the S6 weather … Continue Reading Jim’s blog diary of the first two weeks
We just had confirmation that the helicopter is taking off and the dash to sample the ice to snow transition is on. Tris and Tom will return this evening, and … Continue Reading Dash to the snowline is on……
Ewa needs a medal for keeping six guys relatively civilised for the last weeks, but the prospect of Jenine, Liane and Steffi coming in today has led to the mess tent being re-pitched and … Continue Reading Camp spruced up for team change
The weather has remained very good – good clear blue skies, little or no wind and temperatures above freezing – and moral in camp is high. Tom baked two loaves … Continue Reading Algal production measured over 24 hr cycle
Joe and Johan walked about 20 km yesterday surveying our sampling site and collecting albedo spectra. Tris flew the quadcopters and acquired a lot of albedo footprints, and Chris, Ewa … Continue Reading Big push on albedo surveying
There was rain overnight two days ago, and this removed a lot of the micro-topography of the ice surface. Just how bumpy and sugary the ice surface is determines the … Continue Reading Solar power – creates the icescape and reduces fuel consumption
Tris and Tom sign out of fieldwork on Tuesday, and Liane, Steffi and Jenine fly in. Marian will take up residence in KISS (Kangerlussuaq International Science Support) for two weeks … Continue Reading Fresh food and shampoo requested
The first heavier rain fell overnight and dampened morale a little, but the bright sunny morning and predicted higher temperatures for the next two days has the ice campers in … Continue Reading Rain overnight, but no rest for the wicked
Morale is very good in camp, and work has been taking place around the clock. The microbiologists, Chris and Ewa, ably supported by Tom, undertook 24 hours of sampling yesterday, … Continue Reading Hard work for the microbiologists
Black and Bloom 
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