Summer, 6–12 June 2011: Chris Petrich

The ice was ponded by the time we got to Barrow this year. Snow melt set in quite early this year (not quite as early as in 2002, though) and, as we’ve noticed already in December, the deformed ice is pretty sediment-laden. As a result, the snowmachine ride to the Mass Balance probe was quite rough. Anyways, myself, Josh Jones and Andy Mahoney took care of the mass balance site, RADAR and other end-of-season work, while Bruce Elder (CRREL, NH), Steve Hudson (NPI, Norway) and Mats Granskog (NPI, Norway) took optical measurements until is became near-impossible to reach the measurements site.

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