After 2 months I feel more comfortable with my work. Maybe because I got used to it, or maybe because I started to be more experienced in it or I am just less stressed, at least in it. Anyway, it is the time to check what other people are doing. So one day in late August, in group of few people we went on the Hans glacier to do some science. It was amazing to see the fissures, how enormous they are and how they are changing across the glacier. Close to the front very big and smaller and smaller with walked kilometers.
Maybe we did 30 km, maybe more or maybe less, anyway somewhere quite far away we visit the place of soviet helicopter crash. It was in late 70ties or 80ties. Everyone died and the rests of the machine are still on the glacier. Few days per year the glacier shows its dark memories to really few visitors. The rest of the year the snow and ice cover again the remainders trying to forget the tragedy.
Amazing to be there.
At the end of the walk, we have visited the ice cave. Unfortunatelly I do not have good camera to capture the greatest photos but anyway i hope you can imagine, it was magnificent.
After 2 months I feel more comfortable with my work. Maybe because I got used to it, or maybe because I started to be more experienced in it or I am just less stressed, at least in it. Anyway, it is the time to check what other people are doing. So one day in late August, in group of few people we went on the Hans glacier to do some science. It was amazing to see the fissures, how enormous they are and how they are changing across the glacier. Close to the front very big and smaller and smaller with walked kilometers. 
Maybe we did 30 km, maybe more or maybe less, anyway somewhere quite far away we visit the place of soviet helicopter crash. It was in late 70ties or 80ties. Everyone died and the rests of the machine are still on the glacier. Few days per year the glacier shows its dark memories to really few visitors. The rest of the year the snow and ice cover again the remainders trying to forget the tragedy.
Close to the base there is a little auk colony. They are little, very nice birds, somehow similar to penguins:) Now it is the time that small birds are still in the nests but very soon they will start to fly. Little auks called as well dovekies are good swimmers and travelling with the boat one can see when they are swimming and hunting. 
Dovkies are interesting for many reasons. Unfortunately I am not a specialist, but many people come here to observe and study them, so.. they have to be interesting;)
