Location: Summit, Greenland
Writin': Gayle

Hey folks! So we were marooned here in Summit for one day longer than we planned due to heavy fogs and now I am sitting on the couch waiting for the plane to make its second attempt. Hopefully we will make it out of here today!

It was actually WONDERFUL to have a day of rest yesterday up here at Summit. We had already packed up all of our boxes...here is the U-Washington team stacking up their boxes of ice cores (6 m of ice per box).

And when we were marooned we ended up with time to play! Here is the snow volleyball match from last night - it is definitely tougher to play with mittens on and heavy boots!

And then we had some time to hang out in the Big House, watching movies and playing guitar. Here are two Swedish gentlemen resting on the couch in the Big House - they took a 3-day rest here on their way traversing the entire Greenland Ice Sheet on cross-country skis! So far they have made it about 1300 kilometers and it sounds like it has been a tough journey. They have each lost about 35 pounds so far, despite eating over 5000 calories per day.

And finally, here is a picture of me with the girls from U-Washington - Julia, Meredith, moi, and Shelly. We were excited about our matching socks - can you tell which feet go with which body?

Hopefully we'll be out of here on a C130 in two hours! I'll then leave from Kangerlussuaq on Saturday for New York.

Cheers!
~ Gayle