American/Swedish field work in volcanic lakes

on the Caribbean island of Grenada in March 2002

View down to the sea from our veranda at the “Twelve degrees north” pension.

The lush tropical rain forest along the road up to Lake Grand Etang.

My three American research/field work partners at Lake Grand Etang:

Sheri Fritz, Catherine Rigsby and Paul Baker.

Curiuos school kids watching our attempts to put the catamaran coring platform together

at Grand Etange in the midst of the tropical rain forest at ca 530 m a.s.l.

Photos of some nice cores taken by a Russian sampler in Grand Etang.

Note that down is to the right!

The tropical rain forest surrounding Grand Etang.

The coastal Lake Antoine with a very different climate from Grand Etang.

A machete had to be used to open up the vegetation

to be able to carry down the equipment at Lake Antoine.

Examples of Lake Antoine´s different type of sediments,

compared to Grand Etange, with occasional carbonates.

Some beautiful scenery in the central part of the island.

The harbour of the charming capital, St. George´s,

with its English church in the background.

The hilly streets of St. George´s.

Market day in St. George´s.

St. George´s with its charming houses, charming and wonderful people,

surrounded by the sea and the vegetation covered volcanoes.

My American friends/colleagues with our fantastic home maid, Martha.

Never before has anyone managed to get my field work clothes so clean!

Sunset down at the beach after rewarding field work in the tropical rain forest.

What a nice way to get clean from the lake mud!!

After having worked in pretty many extreme northern and southern regions,

I think that 12 degress north offers a perfect climate for a field working

geologist, unless you don´t work too much and hard.

GRENADA, you bet I will be back!