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The Phillippines
16 December 2000
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Rome, Italy
16 August 2000
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Kayak Show
1 August 1999
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Arctic Golfing
10 July 1999
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Greenland Natl. Day
21 June 1999
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The Ice Cap II
19 June 1999
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Mount Dundas
23 May 1999
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Bus Assault
20 May 1999
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The Ice Cap II
The weather was brilliant, so I felt like going for a
little hike to see the glaciers close-up. Michael was the only
one I could persuade, so the two of us took of in a 4WD Toyota
Landcruiser. The sun was shining down, but there was quite a
bit of wind, so as time went by we discussed other places to
go. We drove as far as we could towards the ice cap and got
out of the car. The wind was pretty strong and we decided to
settle for a little trip up on the ice cap, just about 500
feet away from the car. The ascend had to be done using a
giant snow mountain, and as we walked uphill, we found out
that once more determining distances is very hard. Boy, it was
a long walk.
Finally we reached the eternal ice, and then what? It's
just white everywhere around you as far as you can see. We sat
down and enjoyed a coke and some chocolate, took some
completely stupid pictures which was actually quite funny to
do. The wind was strong though, so pretty fast we got cold and
decided to head down to our car.
Safely reaching the car we went to enjoy a panoramic view
of the 3 glaciers seen from the BMEWS radar station. The fiord
was still covered with ice but all over you could see blue
spots on the ice indicating that the ice is melting now. Soon
it will all be gone.
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