c0607091.jpg Geophysicist Dr Richard Bates, of the Scottish Oceans Institute
at the University of St. Andrews, working on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic
Sunrise in Petermann Fjord, northwest Greenland. Dr Bates makes casts -dropping
a CTD probe (Conductivity Temp Depth) into the fjord and pulling it back up at a
slow speed. The data recorded by the probe is later downloaded into computer
software plotting accurate measurements of water temperature, salinity,
turbidity (how turbulent the water is), current strength and direction at the
front of Petermann glacier. This will give a data set that describes the oceanic
conditions at the time that the Petermann glacier disintegrates. For example,
the relationship between salinity and the melt rate directly underneath the
floating tongue at the glacier's front. The depth the CTD probe is lowered to
in this case is typically 400 to 500 metres, the Petermann Glacier is approx
80km long and 16km wide. Dr Bates is part of a team of scientists on board the
Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic Impacts
expedition, to document the effects of climate change on the Arctic environment
ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in December 2009.
c0607092.jpg Geophysicist Dr Richard Bates, of the Scottish Oceans Institute
at the University of St. Andrews, working on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic
Sunrise in Petermann Fjord, northwest Greenland. Dr Bates makes casts -dropping
a CTD probe (Conductivity Temp Depth) into the fjord and pulling it back up at a
slow speed. The data recorded by the probe is later downloaded into computer
software plotting accurate measurements of water temperature, salinity,
turbidity (how turbulent the water is), current strength and direction at the
front of Petermann glacier. This will give a data set that describes the oceanic
conditions at the time that the Petermann glacier disintegrates. For example,
the relationship between salinity and the melt rate directly underneath the
floating tongue at the glacier's front. The depth the CTD probe is lowered to
in this case is typically 400 to 500 metres, the Petermann Glacier is approx
80km long and 16km wide. Dr Bates is part of a team of scientists on board the
Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic Impacts
expedition, to document the effects of climate change on the Arctic environment
ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in December 2009.
c0607093.jpg Geophysicist Dr Richard Bates, of the Scottish Oceans Institute
at the University of St. Andrews, working on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic
Sunrise in Petermann Fjord, northwest Greenland. Dr Bates makes casts -dropping
a CTD probe (Conductivity Temp Depth) into the fjord and pulling it back up at a
slow speed. The data recorded by the probe is later downloaded into computer
software plotting accurate measurements of water temperature, salinity,
turbidity (how turbulent the water is), current strength and direction at the
front of Petermann glacier. This will give a data set that describes the oceanic
conditions at the time that the Petermann glacier disintegrates. For example,
the relationship between salinity and the melt rate directly underneath the
floating tongue at the glacier's front. The depth the CTD probe is lowered to
in this case is typically 400 to 500 metres, the Petermann Glacier is approx
80km long and 16km wide. Dr Bates is part of a team of scientists on board the
Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic Impacts
expedition, to document the effects of climate change on the Arctic environment
ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in December 2009.
c0607094.jpg The CTD probe in use by Geophysicist Dr Richard Bates, of the
Scottish Oceans Institute at the University of St. Andrews, working on board the
Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in Petermann Fjord, northwest Greenland. Dr Bates
makes 'casts' by dropping the CTD probe (Conductivity Temp Depth) into the fjord
and pulling it back up at a slow speed. The data recorded by the probe is later
downloaded into computer software plotting accurate measurements of water
temperature, salinity, turbidity (how turbulent the water is), current strength
and direction at the front of Petermann glacier. This will give a data set that
describes the oceanic conditions at the time that the Petermann glacier
disintegrates. For example, the relationship between salinity and the melt rate
directly underneath the floating tongue at the glacier's front. The depth the
CTD probe is lowered to in this case is typically 400 to 500 metres, the
Petermann Glacier is approx 80km long and 16km wide. Dr Bates is part of a team
of scientists on board the Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3
month long Arctic Impacts expedition, to document the effects of climate change
on the Arctic environment ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in
December 2009.
c0607095.jpg Polar explorer and expert in glacier travel Eric Philips
volunteers to rig mooring lines around a solid bollard of ice on the front of
the Petermann glacier. The mooring line will allow the Greenpeace ship the
Arctic Sunrise to stay fast to the ice and operate as a base for continuing
science work, focussing on the glacier. A team of three scientists are on board
the Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic
Impacts expedition around Greenland, to document the effects of climate change
on the Arctic environment ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in
December 2009.
c0607096.jpg Polar explorer and expert in glacier travel Eric Philips
volunteers to rig mooring lines around a solid bollard of ice on the front of
the Petermann glacier. The mooring line will allow the Greenpeace ship the
Arctic Sunrise to stay fast to the ice and operate as a base for continuing
science work, focussing on the glacier. A team of three scientists are on board
the Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic
Impacts expedition around Greenland, to document the effects of climate change
on the Arctic environment ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in
December 2009.
c0607097.jpg Polar explorer and expert in glacier travel Eric Philips
volunteers to rig mooring lines around a solid bollard of ice on the front of
the Petermann glacier. The mooring line will allow the Greenpeace ship the
Arctic Sunrise to stay fast to the ice and operate as a base for continuing
science work, focussing on the glacier. A team of three scientists are on board
the Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic
Impacts expedition around Greenland, to document the effects of climate change
on the Arctic environment ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in
December 2009.
c0607098.jpg Polar explorer and expert in glacier travel Eric Philips
volunteers to rig mooring lines around a solid bollard of ice on the front of
the Petermann glacier. The mooring line will allow the Greenpeace ship the
Arctic Sunrise to stay fast to the ice and operate as a base for continuing
science work, focussing on the glacier. A team of three scientists are on board
the Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic
Impacts expedition, to document the effects of climate change on the Arctic
environment ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in December 2009.
c0607099.jpg Polar explorer and expert in glacier travel Eric Philips helps
crew with kayaks to launch from the Arctic Sunrise next to the Petermann
glacier. The ship is operating as a base for continuing science work, focussing
on the glacier. A team of three scientists are on board the Arctic Sunrise
during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic Impacts expedition around
Greenland, to document the effects of climate change on the Arctic environment
ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in December 2009.
c06070910.jpg Radio operator Texas Constantine from Canada gets into his kayak
from the pilot door of the Arctic Sunrise. The ship is operating as a base for
continuing science work, focussing on the glacier. A team of three scientists
are on board the Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long
Arctic Impacts expedition around Greenland, to document the effects of climate
change on the Arctic environment ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be
held in December 2009.
c06070911.jpg Radio operator Texas Constantine from Canada paddles a kayak in
front of a tributary glacier next to the Petermann glacier. (NB this is not
Petermann itself!) The ship is operating as a base for continuing science work,
focussing on the glacier. A team of three scientists are on board the Arctic
Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic Impacts
expedition around Greenland, to document the effects of climate change on the
Arctic environment ahead of the Copenhagen summit which will be held in December
2009.
c06070912.jpg Ice pilot Arne Sorensen from Denmark pictured on the Greenpeace
ship the Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's 3 month long Arctic
Impacts expedition, where a team of scientists are documenting the effects of
climate change on the Arctic environment ahead of the Copenhagen summit which
will be held in December 2009.
c06070913.jpg Captain Pete Willcox from the USA looks out onto the Petermann
glacier through the bridge windows of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. A team
of scientists are on board the Arctic Sunrise during the 1st leg of Greenpeace's
3 month long Arctic Impacts expedition around the coast of Greenland, to
document the effects of climate change on the Arctic environment ahead of the
Copenhagen summit which will be held in December 2009.