Greenland: The final weeks of field work

Roman and Mark left us after two weeks of beautiful weather and no mosquitoes. Once they left, the mosquitoes came out and it started to rain and snow. For the next ten days we (Martin and I) were not in high spirits. We had hoped we could do some hikes and enjoy the area more than we were able to. We continued with our surveys of the terminus when possible but otherwise spent a lot of time in the large group tent reading, playing cards, processing data, and drinking coffee. I discovered on this trip that coffee is actually pretty good if you put a little bit of sugar in it. We finally pulled camp after 10 days and headed back to Ilulissat. There was still work to be done on the glacier, but it could be done by commuting from town - the helicopter had to travel that distance from town anyways. Being in town allowed us to organize and store all of our gear during days that we weren’t flying to the glacier.