View on Aiguille du Midi and Mont Blanc du Tacul
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
View on drilling site
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
Nearly full team (I take the picture !)
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
Team back from drilling site at sunset
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
Vallot Observatory and Mont Blanc behind the drilling site
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
Claude Rado, or the fun of col du Dome
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
Drilling site seen from the Vallot Observatory
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
Extracting an ice core
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
Jean-Marc Barnola, Laurent Arnaud and Sugmin Hong
© J. Chappellaz , CNRS/LGGE
Location: Col du Dôme, Alpes, France ; 45°50’N, 6°51’E, altitude 4350 m
Mean annual temperature: -14°C
Team members 1994: Laurent Arnaud (LGGE, Fr.), Jean-Marc Barnola (LGGE, Fr.), Jérôme Chappellaz (LGGE, Fr.), Robert Delmas (LGGE, Fr.), Sugmin Hong (South Korea), Paul Journé (LGGE, Fr.), Alain Manouvrier (LGGE, Fr.), Luc Moreau (IGA, Fr.), Claude Rado (LGGE, Fr.), Louis Reynaud (LGGE, Fr.), Dietmar Wagenbach (Univ. Heidelberg, DE)
Activities: we conducted two ice core drillings down to bedrock, at 130 and 140 m of depth. In parallel, firn air pumping experiments were performed, down to 47 m of depth.
My work in the field: I was the cook of the expedition. I also helped for firn air pumping experiments.
