Tiedemann trip (July/August 2002)

Mountains and glaciers enroute from Bluff lake to the Tiedemann glacier by helicopter

 

View south from helicopter to lake

 

 

Aerial view of "Moraine Bog" coring site

 

 

Views from our campsite

 

 

Helicopter ferrying coring equipment between lake and bog sites

 

 

 

The Field Crew: Tracy Arsenault, Lauren Walker, Lisa Wilson, Ian & John Clague

 

Lisa & view to southwest on hike into "Moraine Bog"

 

Brown surface cores from "Moraine Bog"

 

The coring site & section of Livingstone core

 

Lugging plywood coring platform down to lake from "Moraine Bog"

 

Returning to campsite: Tracy, Lisa & Raft

 

Ian on raft while setting anchors for coring platform

 

Preparing the percussion core for the trip home

 

Tiedemann Glacier (view to WSW)

 

Lisa at the crest of the Little Ice Age moraine

 

Views north from moraine across lake

 

Uneven, debris-covered surface of Tiedemann Glacier & Lisa

 

Ian & Lisa on Little Ice Age moraine

 

The campsite

 

The kitchen

 

 

Floating food cache

 

 

Bella Coola

 

 

 

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