A successful land ice mission “Zachariæ-79North” was flown today, in very good weather and with all OIB remote sensing instruments reporting good data collection.
We’re tracking the weather both locally and over Greenland and will select the appropriate mission tomorrow morning.

Our flight track today

Flying onto the ice cap near Thule

A frozen melt pond near Zachariae Glacier

Icebergs near Zachariae Glacier

Icebergs off the calving front of Zachariae Glacier

Flow channels on 79 North Glacier

Flow channel for melt water on 79N Glacier

Crevasses on 79 N Glacier

Fractured glacier ice on 79N Glacier

Side wall of Zachariae Glacier

Icebergs near Zachariae Glacier
ATM T7 wide scan elevation map of Zachariae Glacier and iceberg .

An animated view of the 79N calving front from ATM T6 wide scan data