Summit Camp | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

Pure as the Driven Snow

By Exploratorium Crew · May 8, 2009 ·

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- (By Lisa Strong-Aufhauser) Even the snow on top of the Greenland ice sheet is not as pure as you’d think. Dr. Joe McConnell from the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, studies the impurities... {Read More »}

Transportation in Support of Science: The LC-130 Hercules

By Exploratorium Crew · October 7, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND– (By Lisa Strong-Aufhauser) We, but even more so, I, spent a lot of time in LC-130 Hercules transport planes operated by the U.S. Air National Guard out of Stratton Air Force Base in New York... {Read More »}

Looking for Ozone Destroyers

By Zoe Courville · August 5, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- Drs. Jochen Stutz and Jennie Thomas from UCLA are up at Summit looking for halogens which could be contributing to the destruction of ozone, here at Summit and in other polar areas. The instrument they use for this is a large telescope... {Read More »}

Snow Freaks

By Zoe Courville · July 10, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- Working in the snow all day takes a certain type of skill set: digging skills, drilling skills, and snowmobile driving skills. It also helps to love what you do... {Read More »}

Meet the Summit Staff, Pt. 2

By Zoe Courville · July 7, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- All of the science up at Summit Camp is made possible by a small group of amazing camp staff. In this second series of videos, meet some of the other staff essential to Summit Camp's operation... {Read More »}

Meet the Summit Staff

By Zoe Courville · July 3, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- All of the science up at Summit Camp is made possible by a small group of amazing camp staff. From mechanics to… {Read More »}

It’s the Pits

By Zoe Courville · June 13, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- We started the major task of our field season today: digging and sampling a three meter snow pit. This pit is located… {Read More »}

Meet an Atmospheric Chemist

By Zoe Courville · June 12, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- I caught up with Dr. Jack Dibb, a fixture at Summit Camp since its beginning in 1989. Jack is an atmospheric chemist... {Read More »}

Herc C-130 Flight to Greenland

By Zoe Courville · June 11, 2008 ·

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SUMMIT CAMP, GREENLAND-- To get to Summit Camp, we fly with the 109th Air National Guard in a Hercules C-130 aircraft. It is definitely not your typical airline experience. {Read More »}