Greg had decided that a useful bonus to his dissertation
would be a comparison with lake levels of the ice dammed lake at the end of the
valley, as with those by the camp.
Result? 5 hardy souls armed with theodolite
(theodoheavy), pick axe., shovel, tripod and lunch, wander up the 8km or so to
the col at the head of the valley.
View up the valley to our destination
Looking over the glacier towards the Vatnajokull ice cap
Three hours (and much weariness) later, we sat down to
lunch. Greg set up the theodolite and looked at ONE lake level.
The we humped pick axe, and shovel to the highest un-snowed
point of a mountain at the end. Greg wanted to climb down the other side and
back again to examine sediments.
UNFORTUNATELY it was too steep to go down, and after Greg
had taken 40 winks (at the expense of everyone else’s blood temperature)., we
dent down again. As he would say himself – “it’s all good experience”.
View back down the valley to the camp and the coast
I forged on ahead managing to avoid the theodolite
change-over and made my way back to camp.
By now my boots were actually dry!!!
from walking after our midnight escapade so I barefooted it across the river to
maintain it thus.
Dinner was probably runny or fish. I can’t quite remember.
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