Study Tour
2016 Geodynamics Seminar Series: Ice-Ocean Interaction
2016 Geodynamics Study Tour Itinerary
| June 12 - 21, 2106 | |||
| Date | Travel | Activity | Night Location |
| Sunday Jun-12 |
Depart BOS 8:45PM (Iceland Air flight #632) | red-eye to Iceland | plane |
| Monday Jun-13 |
arrive KEF (05:45) > Laugarvatn area | pick up vehicles, get provisions, drive to Laugarvatn area via Thingvellir | Héraðsskólinn |
| Tuesday Jun-14 |
Laugarvatn > Myr ice cap (Pakgil Campsite) | drive to Fulfoss in AM, drive to campground at Myr ice cap, camp in PM | Pakgil Campsite |
| Wednesday Jun-15 |
Myr ice cap | glaciers, hiking | Pakgil Campsite |
| Thursday Jun-16 |
Myr ice cap > Skaftafell National Park | drive to Skaftafell National Park; short hikes, set up camp | Skaftafell National Park |
| Friday Jun-17 |
Skaftafell National Park | glacier day hike, boat tour on Fjallsárlón glacier lagoon | Skaftafell National Park |
| Saturday Jun-18 |
Skaftafell National Park | drive to Jökulsárlón lagooon, South coast river/icebergs on beach | Skaftafell National Park |
| Sunday Jun-19 |
Skaftafell National Park > RKV | drive RKV in AM, stop at Selfoss geyser en route, PM in RKV | B14 Guest House, Reykjavik |
| Monday Jun-20 |
RKV > KEF | depart RKV AM / Reykjanes Peninsula /mid Atlantic ridge/hot springs PM | B14 Guest House, Reykjavik |
| Tuesday Jun-21 |
KEF flight #633 > BOS (depart 5:40PM, arrive 7:15PM) | return rental vehicles, fly home | n/a |
Laura Stevens leaps over a stream of meltwater atop the Greenland Ice Sheet. Stevens, a graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, was lead author of a new study that identified a surprising trigger mechanism that causes large cracks to split open the bottoms of supraglacial lakes. The study was published in the prestigious scientific journal "Nature". (Photo by Sarah Das, WHOI)