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Start date:
Late October
End date:
Mid February
Locations:
Dry Valleys, Lake Hoare, Canada Glacier
Principle Investigator:
Dr. Steven K Schmidt
Organisation:
University of Colorado Boulder
State
Colorado
In this third and final season for the project, the primary goal will be to monitor and sample experimental cryoconite holes that were established on Canada glacier in the previous season. Because of exceptionally snowy conditions during the 2017-18 season, they may need to create additional experimental holes. The group will be primarily based at the Lake Hoare camp in order to monitor and clear snow from experimental holes, with up to three returns to Crary Laboratory for processing samples. There will also be a final sample processing stage at McMurdo Station after removing all experiments at the end of the season.