"These
photographs correspond to Spanish researchers extracting ice core
during 2007 Arctic expedition held in honour of the International
Polar Year, co-ordinated in Spain by the Ministry of Science and
Education (MEC) (ATOS project). ATOS project is a Spain’s
contribution to the objectives of the Polar Year, an international
initiative aimed at increasing the knowledge of polar regions and
the implications of climate change on a global level."
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Dr.
Andreas Ahlstrom (drilling) and Leigh Stearns of the Dept.
of Quarternary Geology, Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland,
installing a weather station on Helheim Glacier in East Greenland
in Summer 2006
Photographer:Gordon Hamilton, University of Maine
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Dr.
Jack Kohler, Norwegian Polar Institute - Polar Environmental
Center using the Kovacs MARK III in his field work in Svalbard