http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/story.aspx?id=956 The researchers need to test how well its radar can see through snow. en-gb Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:33:43 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=293 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=293 We were all very happy to have got the break in the weather we needed to land at our sites on the Arctic Ocean and we were even luckier that the good weather continued at Alert and we made it out onto the fast ice site on both the 17th and 18th April... Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:33:27 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=292 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=292 After two days grounded by bad weather the team finally got into the air on Wednesday to head for our Northerly site (85.58 degrees N) less than 500 km from the North Pole. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:09:14 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=291 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=291 The Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a very useful instrument for studying radar penetration on a small scale. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:08:48 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=290 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=290 The break in the weather has held for the past two days and we have managed to survey both the north and south sites. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:01:59 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=289 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=289 Today our pilots (Troy and Derek) gave us the all clear to fly and begin our experiment for real, setting out the corner reflectors and transect lines. Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:06:46 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=287 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=287 Some of the most important pieces of equipment we'll use are corner reflectors -- if you took a cube of metal and cut one of the corners off, it would form a corner reflector. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:20:11 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=288 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=288 The good weather we were hoping for hasn't happened over the last two days. We need clear skies so that Troy and Derek can find suitable landing sites on the frozen Arctic Ocean. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:05:56 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=286 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=286 We got the all clear to leave for Alert at breakfast. So we headed for the airfield to meet our pilots for the next 10 days -- Troy and Derek -- loaded up the Twin Otter with our bags and climbed onboard. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:04:57 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=285 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=285 After taking a look around the Polar-5 aircraft hanger we headed off to the warehouse to work out how we were going to build the stands for the corner reflectors. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:03:48 +0100 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=284 http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/post.aspx?id=956&pid=284 So finally the day came for our route to head north. Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:16:13 +0100