After a quick brief of the weather conditions and what measurements needed to be taken, I demonstrated the use of the 2-inch Kovacs Auger, and tape measure set which measures sea ice thickness. I also gave a demonstration of how the Magnaprobe worked even though I would be the only one using it during the week. The ice team drove out to the east study area before the drone team so we could mark ground control points to georeferenced the drone data. The study area was a 750-meter by 750-meter box approximately 0.25 km offshore. This study area was filled with flat ice with drifted snow and large rubble field. Within the area we did not identify any ridges which we could confidently identity as grounded. Our plan was to walk the perimeter of the study region stopping every 250 meters to take ice thickness, snow density, snow grain size, atmospheric conditions, snow skin temperature, and snow ice interface temperature. In addition to these measurements, I took snow depth measurements every ten steps and painted ground control points at each of the corners. These points would be used when processing the drone data to georeferenced the data. The drone team arrive to the site approximately two hours after the ice team. They set up the drone camp on the shoreline. This camp consisted of a large tent which would house the drone and be used as a sheltered area to service the drone and sensors between flights, a clear pop-up tent for Grant to pilot the drone while maintaining a visual of the drone, the drone landing pad, and color calibration tarps. The drone, a Harris Ariel Carrier H6 gas powered hybrid, had a suite of sensors which included six Go-Pro cameras and a thermal camera. The Go-Pro data would be used for photogrammetry analysis of freeboard while the thermal camera would be used to validate the data from a thermal satellite. The drone took off after we painted our fourth ground control point and flew for 40 minutes. The drone did seventeen transects over the study region. Shortly before the drone concluded its flight, the ice team returned to the drone camp. The ice team recorded thirteen points of ice thickness along the perimeter and four in the interior of the study area. This ice thickness was usually between 80 cm and 130 cm. I took approximately 1200 snow depth measurements following our path. Most of the snow depths were between 18 cm and 40 cm. The ice team walked 3.5 miles on the ice during the data collection. Both teams packed their equipment and drove back to the town of Nome. We still had a few hours of sunlight and scouted for the next study area. Due to a forecasted snowstorm for the next day, we wanted the other study site to be in town. Due to the flight path of planes landing at the Nome airport we were limited to looking east of the pier. Luckily, this area met our requirements and contained a large pressure ridge system that was most likely grounded. We devised a plan for Thursday due to the forecasted storm.