Team GLARE is now back, safe and sound in Leeds, sans dodgy field facial hair. From the comfort of an office where crampons are not required, the terrain is less hard on the knees and afternoon convective thunderstorms are less frequent, we can reflect on some hard – but successful – work. After their brief […]

All things come to an end – today two things did. First, it was time for Mark to leave Station Hintereis and return to the UK. Second, all the batteries came to the end of their charge. The latter was a real shame!!! So, Team GLARE left Hintereis together, armed with a bag full of […]

Today the team split up as Mark and Lindsey went on a looong hike to check on the status on the long range in-situ Terrestrial Laser Scanner that overlooks the entire Hintereis glacier. Meanwhile, Josh and Tom faced further photogrammetric surveys and a check on the wind towers to see if they were still vertical […]

On day 2, a soggy team went back down onto the ice to survey some smaller plots. These surveys will be used to observe the changes in different ice surfaces over the duration of the field campaign, potentially the longest study of its kind to date. The microtopographic survey techniques used here take advantage of […]

After months of planning, Team GLARE arrived in Innsbruck, Austria, from Leeds late on the 30th June, after successfully guiding two flat-packed wind towers and a bag-load of batteries through airport security in Manchester and Munich. We travelled by bus between Munich and Innsbruck, minimising costs and carbon footprints. The next morning we assembled at Rofen […]