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Bockfjorden 2017 SVALBARD 2017. BOCKFJORDEN EXPEDITION 1 Bockfjorden 2017 Interim Final Report Arctic Research Group Pushing through pack ice in Wahlenbergfjorden, Nordaustlandet. Photograph IFs SVALBARD 2017. BOCKFJORDEN EXPEDITION 2 Author Note This Interim Final Report has been compiled to meet the requirements of certain grant funding bodies whose conditions ask for a final report by December 2017. The Final Report proper will follow once analytical results from a number of research establishments have been received and consultations with other ARG members on the various areas and topics to be covered have been completed. It is assumed that anyone interested in these will appreciate that without the opportunity to complete these analyses and to subsequently undertake the assessment of these the whole trip, albeit truncated and seriously affected in its original form, would be seriously compromised. The offer of substantial savings on analyses and reporting have added to the delay, which has to fit in with say to day work activities The Group asks everyone interested in this to be patient and bear with us during the intervening period. Keywords: Bockfjord Svalbard July 2017 Arctic Research Group Abstract The original proposal for this expedition was four researchers to visit Bockfjorden, North Svalbard, during the month of July 2017 and to undertake a series of independent but interlinked projects in a variety of disciplines that would enable a better understanding to be made of the area. These projects in included the objectives that are to be found in more detail in the Group Prospectus, available on line on request from [email protected] . These may also be viewed on the Group website www.arcticresearchgroup.org :- SVALBARD 2017. BOCKFJORDEN EXPEDITION 3 Bockfjorden 2017 Planning took place over a period of two years to determine the nature and extent of the research proposals that were to be considered. A reconnaissance planned for 2016 was curtailed by two major factors. One was the lateness of the application for travel by the ARG. The other was the governing body in Svalbard, Sysselmannen På Svalbard, which refused permission for the planned helicopter trip on the grounds that it did not in itself provide any useful scientific function. A wasted trip by two members in summer 2016 meant therefore that the 2017 expedition was planned without the benefit of this essential part of the projects, which would have been most useful and beneficial in the planning of routes and proposed camp sites in order to minimize the effects of anthropogenic activity on the fragile ground. Proposed Area of Activity. Abstract from Map of Spitsbergen SVALBARD 2017. BOCKFJORDEN EXPEDITION 4 Personnel The Arctic Research Group chooses members for each expedition based on the project work to be undertaken. There are no freeloading places available. As such the personnel chosen for the 2017 expedition reflected the work to be undertaken. The final group were : Ian Frearson – ARG Group Leader. George (Haddon) Winter – Research assistant. Prof. Andrew J Hodson – Project Leader. Dr. Aga Nowak – Project leader. Travel and Transport Members used the daily SAS flights from the UK via Oso to Svalbard. Any fears we may have had regarding the taking of firearms were quickly forgotten as all the authorities seemed to be interested in was securing the money required to transfer these. Little time was wasted over the transfer from hand to secure accommodation. The next we saw of them was at Longyearbyen, Svalbard, where the case appeared in the special baggage conveyor. The ARG has worked alongside and in conjunction with Norsk Polarinstitutt in the past and this, together with meetings with their Chief of Operations, Håvard Hansen, allowed the Group to utilize the opportunity of transport out on Lance, NP Research Ship. This was particularly poignant since she was to be taken out of service in 2017 so we were to travel on her final work cruise. Since Lance would only be able to drop the group off in Bockfjord and time restraints were critical, two members were to return to Longyearbyen on a charter tourist ship visiting close to the research area (Liefdefjorden). Arrangements with two other groups, one from Imperial College the other from St. Catherine University Minnesota, which were also working on different aspects of the springs, were made for return transport for expedition freight and the remaining two members. In the end additional alternative arrangements had to be made due to unforeseen weather conditions and an enforced revised programme. Programme The initial programme was as set out below and, under favourable conditions, could have been achieved with little problems other than interference by unforeseen weather. As it transpired, these affected the proceedings more than could have possibly been anticipated. SVALBARD 2017. BOCKFJORDEN EXPEDITION 5 Initial Programme as planned Item Date Activity Comments 1 26 Jun International Travel Home – Oslo - Longyearbyen 2 27 Jun Make contacts Check freight Contact Norsk Polarinstitutt 3 28 jun Log in with Sysselmann, Obtain Travel Permit Repack & Load Make ready to travel to site 4 29 Jun Join Lance, Leave Longyearbyen Travel to Bockfjord 5 30 Jun Travel 6 1 Jul Travel 7 2 Jul Travel 8 3 Jul Arrive Bockfjord Offload to field site 9 4 Jul Locate site & build camp Choose best site with least effect 10 5 Jul Visit Jotun Springs Start sampling logging & photographs 11 6 Jul ditto Continue with sampling 12 7 Jul Visit Gygrekjelda Spring site Sampling logging & photographs 13 8 Jul Visit Troll Springs Assess Start sampling & logging 14 9 Jul ditto Continue sampling & photographs 15 10 Jul Photograph Friedrichbre Find old site & repeat photographs 16 11 Jul Extend camp to accommodate 2 persons to leave for return passage additional 9 persons Two other groups to arrive. 17 12 Jul Commence Ecology project Transects & quadrats of Jotun area 18 13 Jul Ditto Assess colonisation extent & type 19 14 Jul Commence Meteorite project Transport gear to Kaarlsbre 20 15 Jul Ditto Search ground for samples 21 16 Jul Move site Transport West towards Monacobre 22 17 Jul Observe Monacobre areas Look for drawdown of ice 23 18 Jul Return to Sverrefjellet site Set up for exploring Nygaardbre 24 19 Jul Search for ‘Lost’ spring & look for South side of lower moraine 25 20 Jul Colonisation of moraines Cover as much moraine as possible 26 21 Jul & recently exposed ground Seek colonisation evidence 27 22 Jul Break camp Preparation for return 28 23 Jul Travel Ship transport back to Longyear 29 24 Jul Travel 30 25 Jul Arrive LYB offload & sort Divide equipment & food & – that to return to UK, that to remain in Svalbard Depart Svalbard 02:30 26th Travel to Airport 23 :30 31 26 Jul Arrive LHR 09 :20 Travel back home 15 days of movement or planning, counted as ‘lost’ days, with 16 days of field work planned SVALBARD 2017. BOCKFJORDEN EXPEDITION 6 Thanks to abnormal sea ice conditions this was adjusted initially as below during the voyage on Lance to plan for what we thought might be the best case scenario. First Revised programme Item Date Activity Comments 1 26 Jun International Travel Home – Oslo - Longyearbyen 2 27 Jun Make contacts Check freight Contact Norsk Polarinstitutt 3 28 Jun Log in with Sysselmann Obtain Travel Permit Repack & Load Make ready to travel to site 4 29 Jun Join Lance, Leave Longyearbyen Travel to Bockfjord Anticlockwise 5 30 Jun On lance Travel Van Mijenfjord / Van Keulenfjord 6 1 Jul Ditto Travel Towards Sorkap 7 2 Jul Ditto Travel Hopen 8 3 Jul Ditto Travel Agardbukta & Hinlopen Strait 9 4 Jul Ditto Travel Wahlenbergfjord 10 5 Jul Ditto Travel Murchison Wijdefjord, Woodfjord 11 6 Jul Arrive Bockfjord Offload to field site 12 7 Jul Locate site & build camp Choose best site with least effect 13 8 Jul Visit Jotun Springs Start sampling logging & photographs 14 9 Jul Ditto 15 10 Jul Ditto 16 11 Jul Two leave for return to LYB Two other groups arrive. Co-ordinate Extend camp for other 9 projects with others 17 12 Jul Visit Troll Springs Sampling logging & photographs 18 13 Jul Ditto 19 14 Jul Ditto 20 15 Jul Commence Meteorite project Travel to Kaarlsbre 21 16 Jul Ditto Search area for samples 22 17 Jul Travel back calling at Nygaarbre Look for signs of ‘lost ‘ spring & for signs of recent plant colonisation 23 18 Jul Break camp & load to leave Commence return journey to LYB 24 19 Jul Ditto 25 20 Jul Arrive LYB Offload & transport to container 26 21 Jul Sort gear Preparation for leaving some equipment for further visits 27 22 Jul Clean & pack gear to remain Divide gear for being left in container 28 23 Jul Return hire gear Clean sort & return 29 24 Jul Relax Visit church, museum & other areas 30 25 Jul Arrange transport of freight back Divide equipment food & clothing to UK between that to remain in Svalbard & that Depart Svalbard 02:30 on 26th to return to UK. Return Permit to Sysselmann 31 26 Jul Arrive LHR 09:20 Travel back home SVALBARD 2017. BOCKFJORDEN EXPEDITION 7 20 days of travel & sorting leaving 11 days for fieldwork reduced science potential. This situation still considered viable and acceptable. Continued developments in both the initial conditions of sea ice and those enforced by problems encountered by other groups required a further serious plan to be adopted. In the end the planned period of almost three weeks in the field was reduced to under five whole days which is detailed below. This illustrates the frailty of plans when operating at such extremes of latitude. Second revised programme Item Date Activity Comments 1 26 Jun International Travel Home – Oslo - Longyearbyen 2 27 Jun Make contacts Check freight Contact Norsk Polarinstitutt 3 28 Jun Log in with Sysselmann Obtain Travel Permit Repack & Load Make ready to travel to site 4 29 Jun Join Lance, Leave Longyearbyen Travel to Bockfjord Anticlockwise 5 30 Jun Van-Mijenfjord / Van Keulenfjord Travel - see Whales, Blue + others 6 1 Jul Hopen Travel through increasing ice 7 2 Jul Agardbukta Travel through solid pack 8 3 Jul Wahlenbergfjord Travel through solid pack See bear on ice 9 4 Jul Arrive Bockfjord & assess Sea ice Three hours ashore taking samples at too much to remain.
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