Plans for upcoming field activities relevant to the FRISP community

AWI:

• CTD-tagging of elephant seals on King George Island to monitor the Filchner-Ronne (FR) outflow (multiyear project, Michael Schröder)
• Polarstern cruise to monitor the FR outflow (2012-2013, Michael Schröder)
• Polarstern cruise to the Larsen A,B,C area to identify HSSW & ISW sources as well as for biological studies, and still place on the ship! (2014, Michael Schröder)
• Polar 5 airborne obersvations: Magnetic, gravity & ice thickness survey of blue ice fields on the route: Novo-Kohnen-Neumayer-Casey-DomeA-DomeF (2010-2011, Daniel Steinhage)

BAS:

• Hot water drilling and deployment of CTD-, turbulence- and upward looking sonar-sensors on King-George and Larsen C Ice Shelf, to investigate turbulence near the ice shelf base (2010-2011, Keith Nicholls)
• GPR measurements on Foundation Ice Stream to study areas with complicated topography and high meltrates (2010-2011, Keith Nicholls)
• Several cruises, including the maintenance of the Weddell Sea moorings as well as autosub exploration of the Thwaites Ice Shelf cavity (upcoming years, Keith Nicholls)

ACE CRC and AAD:

• Deployment of upward looking sonar and open ocean moorings in the Amery Ice Shelf area (2010-2013, Neal Young)
• Glaciological and oceanographic fieldwork on Mertz-Glacier and –polynia region (beyond 2010, Neal Young)
• Airborne observations of Totten Glacier as part of ICECAP & ICEBRIDGE (time? , Neal Young)
• Extensive SIPEX cruise comprising many components to validate sea-ice thickness data from satellite observations (time? , Neal Young)

NPI:

• Repeat of last season’s GPR traverses, stake nets and GPS measurements on Fimbul Ice Shelf (2010-2011, Tore Hattermann)
• Recovery and maintenance of CTD & RDCP moorings below Fimbul Ice Shelf (2010-2011, Tore Hattermann)