As some of the ICE2001 team is flown out from the Quintino Sella Base Camp, they will pass over a spectacular world of snow and ice. Look, for example at this tremendous ice fall, the glacier equivalent of a waterfall.

The large ICE2001 camp at King Col is gone, although the site is still occupied, in small tents, by Chris Zdanowicz, Fritz Koerner, Kumiko Goto-Azuma and Tetsu Yamasaki, who are sampling in the King Trench. The main King Col equipment has been taken down to the Quintino Sella Base Camp in the helicopter piloted by Doug Makonnen. King Col was occupied for five weeks by the team of Zdanowicz, Gerry Holdsworth and Kaplan Yalcin.

As of the end of today, Tuesday, James Zheng and Yalcin have flown down to Kluane and continued on their way to Whitehorse and home. The Quintino Sella camp is now occupied by Holdsworth and Jocelyne Bourgeois, who will be heading out quite soon.

It is business as usual at the ice-core camp at Prospector-Russell Col, elevation 5,300 metres. The drillers are going flat out, taking advantage of their remaining few days before the warmth of summer brings work to a halt. This evening they had reached a depth of 143 metres, and are pressing hard to reach the full 200+ metres this season.