Greenland ice sheet melt lake survey

August 15, 2005
This lake is 1.6 x 1.4 km in size. The purpose of the visit was to measure melt lake depth all over. Later, the measurements appeared in a study used to estimate the volume of this and other lakes. See
Remote sounding of Greenland supraglacial melt lakes: implications for subglacial hydraulics, Jason E. Box, Kathleen Ski, Journal fo Glaciology, Volume 53(181), 2007, pages 257 - 265
field support was from c/o Greenpeace, MYAS, Martina Kreuger, Malanie Duchin, John Hoelscher boating, Hugh Balfour piloting, Andreas Rydbacken filming

[@jedturner9173]

great work guys thanks

[@ravenken]

It is so hard to get a sense of scale...

[@JasonBoxClimate]

It is nearly impossible when there are no human made structures. This lake is 1.6 x 1.4 km in size.

[@ChunkyChest]

is it fresh water?

[@JasonBoxClimate]

very fresh water

[@burnwash8174]

It's actually melted rocks. Rock water.