After the snowstorm yesterday we knew we had a difficult day ahead. Our plan was to conduct the exact same measurements as on Tuesday except we moved the 750 meters by 750 meters box to 0.5 km offshore instead of 0.25 km. This area was covered with fresh snow and contains flat ice that transitions into a rubble field and then a large pressure ridge. From the time we got on the ice we were at minimum in shin deep snow. Depending on where you stepped the snow could be as deep as a meter. Of the approximately seven hundred magnaprobe measurements, most of the snow depth measurements taken were between 25 cm and 58 cm. The ice thickness was like the other region. However, on a two of the ice thickness measurements sites we had to add an extra extension to the ice auger due to the combined snow and ice thickness being greater than two meters. When traversing the large pressure ridge the fresh snow covered the holes between ice blocks. After falling into multiple of these holes I decided that army crawling was the best method of traversing this area. While this might have appeared odd to the perspective viewer, it was effective and time saving. There were also multiple instances when the ice team had to jump between ice blocks, so we did not fall. We had sixteen sites of ice thickness and other measurements, twelve on the perimeter and four in the interior. Due to intermittent blowing and falling snow the drone team could not begin their flight until the wind calmed. This coincided to the return of the ice team. I was able to see the takeoff procedure for the drone. This consisted of warming the engine and instruments, checking the airspace for other aircraft, and calibrating the sensors over the calibration targets. The flight was going well for 20 minutes until a snow flurry blew in. Grant had to manually bring the drone back to base. We covered the drone until the flurry pasted. We relaunched the drone to finish the study area. Sean Helfrich requested that the team fly a few longer transects at a lower altitude with just the Go-Pros. The hope was that the drone would capture some open water to establish the freeboard. The drone did six transects that were 1.5 km long at two hundred feet altitude. The flight was also slower as to ensure no blurring in video. We then packed up all our equipment and headed off the ice.