From one side to another

Here we go again for another full day of portage- 16 km with bags weighting about 20 kg (for girls !). The goal : camp 3, near the difluence of Edward Bailey Glacier.

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In the heart of an Ice Cave

Tale – Ice axes, crampons, harness and helmet on. We are ready to explore on of the two ice cave that happened to be only few meters away camp 2.

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Première rencontre avec Edward Bailey

TALE – We went deeper in the valley, through rills and moraines, leaving behind us Apusinikajik and its mysterious fossil glacier. It is unfortunate all of our questions didn't find their answers, but we are looking forward. Looking forward to this new horizon and new perspectives of discoveries.

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Climbing above an Iceberg Graveyard.

STORY - The front of Apusinikajik stood before us, a wide cracked face, about 25m high. Ice axes in hands, crampon tights to our shoes, exitation in our hearts and even a bit of fear for few of us, we are ready for the thrill of adventure. The previous days, some lucky member of the team already get to know the glacier in an intimate way : they rappeled down a moulin about 30m deep. In front of their eyes, thousends of blues sparkling and shimmering.

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Discovery: a fossil glacier under the sand !

INTERVIEW - Geophysicists Éric Larose and Agnes Helmstetter of the Institute of Science and earth in Grenoble performed two measurement campaigns georadar Wednesday and Thursday in Greenland. A first at the confluence of glaciers Apusinikajik and Edward Bailey Renland, located in the eastern part of the island. And a second measurement on the Apusinikajik glacier.

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Portrait dessiné de l'inuit Ingkasi

"Here's a quick sketch of Ingkasi, owner of the vessel providing our travel and transportation equipment, a camp to another. I quickly drew my arrival Constable Pynt from the airport to our first camp Gurreholm, in the peninsula of Jameson Land. I tried to draw it clears, the essence of a situation. "

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The Scoresby Mission team heads to the Edward Bailey glacier

STORY - After studying for several days Apusinikajik the glacier, the team of Scoresby Mission headed his rival Edward Bailey,

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In pictures: the secrets of the glacier Apusinikajik

Cette semaine, les scientifiques ont concentré leurs recherches sur le glacier Apusinikajik. Voici, en images, les secrets qu’il réserve

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Y a-t-il un glacier fossilisé sous nos pieds ?

RECIT – Voilà trois jours que nous avons quitté la toundra vallonnée du Jameson Land pour rejoindre les décors grandioses du fjord Skillebugt, dans la péninsule du Renland. Sous nos pieds, les moraines et ses roches usées, la glace brunie qui craque, et ses crevasses, vertigineuses.

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Le Carnet d’Evrard #3

20/07/2016
Aujourd’hui, notre programme est le même qu’hier, monter le plus de choses possibles, le plus haut possible. Si possible d’ailleurs, jusqu’au pied du glacier Edward Bailey où nous voulons poser notre camp de base.

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