Switzerland 2022 — Morteratsch Glacier

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Photographs from the 2022 field campaign on Morteratsch Glacier, testing iDAPT methods.

The team (Jaz, Alex, Chris, and Emily) set up camp in the science van!
PhD student Emily = glacier shelf
Jaz collecting some surface streamwater
Emily and Alex sampling some ice
Lots of rocky debris on the ice surface
Alex, Chris, and Emily at the end of a sampling day
View up Morteratsch on a sunny day
Alex sterilising sampling equipment
Big ridges further up the glacier
Chris, Emily, and Jaz on the final sampling day!
A large patch of purple glacier ice algae at the bottom of Morteratsch
Emily images some samples back in the science van
Science van means getting to do lab work outside
Marker showing the extent of Morteratsch in 1970
Cycling up the glacier meant leaving the bikes before the hike up the morraine

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