During the last two days, we collected seismic data at record pace. Yesterday, four kilometers of seismics were collected, which sets a record for the longest distance of seismic collected in a single day. Kudos goes out to the ONH sesimic team, which did not rest until they reached their goal.
The Seismic Sled being pulled by the Challenger tractor as we went to shoot another line.
A photo of the two drillers, Kyle and Steffan on the drill sled.
Preliminary examination of the data by Marv and his students (Dave and Brian) shows that the data is fabulous and that we are optimistic that Marv (lead geophysicist) will work his magic as he has done for the previous two MCS surveys on the sea ice.
Meanwhile, the flagging team set a single day record today for most holes flagged using a transit of 9.0 kilometers. With the use of the transit, we have been getting incredibly straight and accurate lines. We will finish up the 48 km of flags (that is 480 holes and flags), with the expectation of obtaining that much seismic data.
A photo of Andrea with the transit while working with the flagging team, a smoking Mt Erebus behind.
