On Monday we drove out away from camp about 5 miles and did an ICESat traverse, which is basically driving a GPS antenna along a special pattern of flag lines. This is to double check NASA's ICESatellite values. ICESat is part of NASA's Earth Observing System and is gathering information about ice sheet mass balance around the globe, it passes directly over the traverse we measure every month.
We also measure the height of the flags. Takes about 3 hours to complete. It was a beautiful day for it. About -50 F and barely any wind.
It was clear enough out to see the full moon rise!
It was awesome!!
