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Working on the 2013 base station

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Here you can see the new shape of the 2013 base station - without wind generator (extra solar panels instead), new panel Wifi antenna on the top, new camera just below that and Topcon dGPS on the very top now. The structure has been reinforced with recovered parts from the damaged and decommissioned GPS pyramid.

Here you can see the new shape of the 2013 base station – without wind generator (extra solar panels instead), new panel Wifi antenna on the top, new camera just below that and Topcon dGPS on the very top now. The structure has been reinforced with recovered parts from the damaged and decommissioned GPS pyramid.

Adding Wifi to the moraine camera

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Here Phil is installing a new Wifi link to the moraine smart-camera system. Incredibly this "cantenna" can link directly to the Holmur Wifi 16km away! We don't expect perfect connectivity but even occasional link-up will push the images to the web server in the UK.

Here Phil is installing a new Wifi link to the moraine smart-camera system. Incredibly this “cantenna” can link directly to the Holmur Wifi 16km away! We don’t expect perfect connectivity but even occasional link-up will push the images to the web server in the UK.

Fieldwork August 2013

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The base station endured a severe winter again - but with more snow (which even covered the wind generator). This bent the struts a lot (and they are not easy to bend!) so we are reinforcing with scavenged parts. Phil is seen here writing notes on the state of the base station. The wind was very strong and we had to tie down anything which could fly away (Graeme's glasses did fly away though!)

The base station endured a severe winter again – but with more snow (which even covered the wind generator). This bent the struts a lot (and they are not easy to bend!) so we are reinforcing with scavenged parts. Phil is seen here writing notes on the state of the base station. The wind was very strong and we had to tie down anything which could fly away (Graeme’s glasses did fly away though!)

working on the moraine systems

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this automatic time-lapse camera should take photos of the glacier using a normal logitech webcam. The Beagle-based system survived the whole winter on its two big batteries but the day we left it in october its waterproof usb plug lost connection sadly. It is now set up so we should see the melting of the snow revealing our equipment hopefully!

this automatic time-lapse camera should take photos of the glacier using a normal logitech webcam. The Beagle-based system survived the whole winter on its two big batteries but the day we left it in october its waterproof usb plug lost connection sadly. It is now set up so we should see the melting of the snow revealing our equipment hopefully!

we have so many batteries in the dGPS cases we're investigating using a small petrol generator to charge them after they lost all charge over the winter. Phil is in the background testing the webcam node.

we have so many batteries in the dGPS cases we’re investigating using a small petrol generator to charge them after they lost all charge over the winter. Phil is in the background testing the webcam node.

Fieldwork June 2013

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We are back in Iceland on June 6th – rather early for the snow it seems!

The snow on the moraine and road was very deep. Here you can just see the top of the GPS antenna (which is on a tripod!) and the camera.

The snow on the moraine and road was very deep. Here you can just see the top of the GPS antenna (which is on a tripod!) and the camera.

after a lot of digging we reached the dGPS box so we could copy the data

after a lot of digging we reached the dGPS box so we could copy the data

we usually use the ladder to get up to the balcony where our reference station lives - but there was so much snow we could just walk up! The panel wifi antenna had self-destructed but the long range WiFi was still ok.

we usually use the ladder to get up to the balcony where our reference station lives – but there was so much snow we could just walk up!
The panel wifi antenna had self-destructed but the long range WiFi was still ok.