Drone in action
Aslak launching the drone Cumulus One
Today Aslak launched the drone Cumulus One from the camp with warm batteries. The drone ascended to 500 m and flew a grid of 14 5 km lines with 200 m spacing over camp. After the grid was completed the drone flew to the descend spot and went down to 30 m and then dropped to the surface. Quiet impressive. The pictures from the drone will be used to produce a very high resolution elevation map of the ice stream.
What we have done today:
- Reamed the pilot hole
- Resampled snow surface profile in the clean snow area
- Moved the logging cabin to the trenches and assembled it
- Changed battery in the generator
- Made top storage in carpenters garage
- Made the first successful drone grid over camp
- Celebrated Bo’s birthday
Ad 1: The EGRIP pilot hole was reamed with the 135 mm reamer to a depth of 74 m.
Weather today: Blue sky all day. Temperatures -18 °C during night and evening and up to -8 °C in the day. Wind 10 kn from W during the day decreasing to 5 kn in the evening.
FL, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
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Aslak retrieving the drone