Brief overview of the 2012 fieldwork in Iceland:
![Checking how the base station coped with the Icelandic winter](https://glacsweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC_8255-Small.jpg)
Opening the base station box for the first time is always slightly worrying – in 2012 we found about a litre of water inside – which did not case any issues as it is designed to cope with that.
![Unloading the gear onto the Glacier](https://glacsweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC_8388-Small.jpg)
Glacier Jeeps once again did a fantastic job of driving our equipment onto the glacier. The 1km drive across the glacier was not so easy this year due to changes in the surface – but they can do anything!
![Richard drilling](https://glacsweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_5234-768x1024.jpg)
Drilling the bore-holes with the new hot water jetwash. Here our guest star Richard Waller from Keele lines up the drill to start a new hole.
![Dirk working on the base station code](https://glacsweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC_8415-Small.jpg)
We found an improvised cover for the laptop useful – not only for keeping out bright sunlight and drizzle but to keep your hands warmer!
![Kathryn sets up one of the dGPS stations](https://glacsweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC_8427-Small.jpg)
Several of these differential GPS stations were deployed on the glacier to monitor the movement of the ice. Here Kathryn Rose – ex-Glacsweb veteran now working at the British Antarctic Survey – is checking the system.
![Alex sets up a dGPS](https://glacsweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC_8403-1024x680.jpg)
Alex Clayton setting up a dGPS on the moraine. This station is used as a static reference point for the systems on the ice.