Inuit village of Resolute Bay

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

General view of camp

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

The nearly full team

© I. Clark, Univ. Ottawa

Ian and Lori with the firn air bladder

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

Summer melt layers in a snow pit

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

Still young and dashing...

© I. Clark , Univ. Ottawa

The firn air suckers

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

Filling canisters

© I. Clark, Univ. Ottawa

Focused on the experiment

© I. Clark, Univ. Ottawa

Bad weather reaches Devon

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

The drilling tent before the storm

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

The drilling tent during the storm

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

Midnight sun over Devon

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

Diner. The late Roy Koerner on the right

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

Team renewal with the Twin-Otter

© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE

Devon Island, Canadian Arctic

April 1998

Location : Devon Island, Canadian Arctic ; 75°20'N, 82°08'W, altitude 1930 m


Mean annual temperature : -23°C


Team members 1998 : Jérôme Chappellaz (LGGE, Fr.), Ian Clark (Univ. Ottawa, Ca.), David Fisher (Univ. Ottawa, Ca.), Michael Gerasimov (Icefield Instruments, Ca.), Lori Henderson (Univ. Ottawa, Ca.), Roy Koerner (Univ. Ottawa, Ca.), Chris Zdanowicz (Univ. Ottawa, Ca.)


Activities : we conducted ice-core drilling down to close-off and firn air pumping, in the frame of the European project Firetracc/100.


My work in the field : I was in charge of the firn air pumping experiments.