Published over 2 years ago by Matt Nolan
Taking ice cores on McCall Glacier is hard work, so it's nice to take a break and go sledding occassionally. The ice we remove here g...(more)
Published about 3 years ago by Matt Nolan
The trans-Alaska pipeline and the Dalton Highway cross the Yukon River here.
Published about 3 years ago by Matt Nolan
We found wolf prints in the snow leading up to one of our weather stations. We find wolf prints n...(more)
Published about 3 years ago by Matt Nolan
This is the office for Coyote Air, in Coldfoot Alaska. We arrived during breakup, on our way to McCall Glacier.
Published about 3 years ago by Matt Nolan
This is the office of Coyote Air, a small air taxi in Coldfoot Alaska run by Dirk Nickisch and Danielle Tirrell.
Published about 3 years ago by Matt Nolan
The blue and orange DeHavilland Beavers owned by Coyote Air in Coldfoot, Alaska, sit parked and ready for their next adventure.
Published about 3 years ago by Matt Nolan
We shuttled loads off the glacier to here, where we recombined them into a single load back to Coldfoot. Hopefully it all fits!
Published about 3 years ago by Matt Nolan
About 50 meters of ice core laid buried under under a white tarp in the snow, awaiting transport back to civilization. It's not going to happen today, given the weather.
Published about 3 years ago by Matt Nolan
Here we have just extracted about 9 meters of snow, firn, and ice from from McCall Glacier. The drill laying in the snow gives some sense of how deep the hole is.
Published over 4 years ago by Matt Nolan
Ice cores from McCall Glacier stay frozen inside a freezer we constructed on the glacier. Once the box filled up, we shipped them out via ski plane.
Published over 4 years ago by Matt Nolan
Drumheller Alberta is home to the Royal Tyrell Museum, a world-class dinosaur museum. They surrounding town is a bit dinosaur crazy. You can actually climb up inside this one.
