This past Thursday we spent the first hours of the day drilling ice cores, and the second half preparing for the grand Thanksgiving feast of Taylor Glacier.
A helicopter arrived in the early afternoon despite deteriorating weather, and brought a wondrous and delicious surprise!
After the dinner, the weather turned a littler worse and we had a white wall of clouds and blowing snow approaching from upglacier (second photo is what it normally looks like):
The helicopter pilots here are amazing, they pick up and drop off sling loads, which are boxes packed with supplies, and are tricky to maneuver.
In the meantime, we’ve had some fun exploring the area on snowmachines and Nansen sleds with our awesome drillers, Jayred and Gotez.
When we aren’t drilling, here are a few photos that show what we are up to.
A few members from I-159 (another science group camping and conducting research here on Taylor Glacier, rochestericelab.wordpress.com ) took their kite out for a ride!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday!
GIGL in the field 