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some shots of the field work on
The four participants: myself, Karl Ljung (PhD on the project), Dan Hammarlund
and Ole Bennike. The photo was taken just after we had reached The
Base, after
600 m of very tough climbing. Note the village between myself and Karl.
2000 m high
Parts of the Settlement Plain, with Hottentott
Gulch to the left
and the Hillpiece to the right.
with 285 inhabitants.
Hottentott Gulch in the middle
and
the 1961 volcano to the left.
The lava field from the 1961 volcano in the foreground.
To reach one of our sites, Bottom Pond, we had to climb
this 600 m high
and steep hill side up to The Base with all our
coring
equipment, including a Zodiac boat and coring platform.
Walking on The Base at ca 700 m a.s.l.
with its fern trees
(Blechnum palmiforme), small
Phylica
trees,
dwarf-shrubs of
Empetrum rubrum and
mosses.
An impressive landscape shows up when the clouds
disappear.
The heavily eroded and dramatic morphology, with its deep
gulches,
between The
Base and The Peak at 2060 m a.s.l.
The crater lake Bottom Pond,
whose max water depth
was found to be
11 m, with its lush vegetation.
We managed to retrieve 4.75 m of sediments from the lake.
One of the sediment cores from Bottom Pond.
The sediments are abundant in macrofossils.
Walking back in unstable weather over The Base
after
the successful corings.
An albatross pair among the fern trees and without fear
for human beings.
A slightly worried albatross chick in its huge nest.
Looking down from The Base towards the village.
Taking a rest after having climbed up to The Base. Note the Big
Green Hill volcano in the background. Without the help of Matthew
(to the very left) and James
(Glass) we would hardly have managed
to get all the
equipment up, and without James´ help and guidance
the
project would hardly have been feasible. Even James´ dog
Jives looks pretty tired!!