Sajama Images

	Sajama summit snowpit, May 1998. The stratigraphy of 1997-98 accumulation is faintly visible in the enlarged image.
	Climbing Sajama, April 1998. Looking down toward Campo Alto, just below the ridge leading to the ice cap margin (elevation approx. 6000 m).
	AWS at summit of Sajama, 7 February 1998. To this date in the 1997-98 wet season, 1.25m of snow had accumulated. Image kindly supplied by mountain guide Carlos Escobar, of Nuevos Horizontes.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, 7 February 1998. See above for details.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, 7 February 1998. See above for details.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, 7 February 1998. See above for details.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, 7 February 1998. See above for details.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, 7 February 1998. See above for details.
	Mules departing for Base Camp, June 1997. Sajama is visible in the background. Hardigg cases provided the electronic equipment with excellant protection against dust and moisture.
	Approaching Base Camp, June 1997. Cardboard box contains a spare GOES antenna.
	Sajama Base Camp, June 1997. Elevation 4,650 m. Note large pile of white boxes at right, used to transport sections of the ice core down the mountain.
	Sajama high camp ("Campo Alto"), June 1997. In April of 1998, at the end of the '97-98 accumulation season, no snow was present in this field of view!
	Mathias Vuille climbing above Campo Alto, June 1997.
	Ascending the ridge leading to the ice cap margin (elevation approx. 6000 m), June 1997. This is our favorite section of the climb!
	Cold scientists at the Sajama summit drill site, June 1997.
	Sajama summit drill site, June 1997. Note solar panels (horizontal) used to power drilling equipment.
	Ace ice-core driller Vladimir Mikhalenko.
	Sajama AWS, July 1997.
	Sajama AWS, July 1997.
	Sajama Base Camp, October 1996. Following the initial installation.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, October 1996.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, October 1996.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, October 1996.
	AWS at summit of Sajama, October 1996.
	New snow on Sajama. This image was taken at the end of August 1993, a few days after a huge winter snowfall associated with a cut-off upper-level Low (16-20 August). The Altplano around Sajama received 30 cm of snow.
	Sajama as seen from the village. The church was constructed in 1886.
	Sajama from the West. Our route basically follows the near ridge on the left.
	Sajama from the South

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