16 July Update from La Paz
The following report from the drilling team was received through Ellen Mosley-Thompson of Ohio State University:
Lonnie Thompson has arrived in La Paz with 51 boxes of core, which are safely in the freezer. They drilled two cores to bedrock, as well as the shallow core. They have a little over 300 meters total. The ice is scheduled to leave La Paz on Friday and will be met in Miami by a freezer truck. It will be driven to Ohio State University, probably arriving sometime on Sunday (only an estimate at this time).
Lonnie arrives in Columbus Saturday afternoon. Today he is back at Sajama Village paying porters.
We are pleased that all of the scientific objectives were met, even in the face of El Nino, Montezuma and altitude sickness. It is unfortunate that the Soaring Penguin did not soar, but maybe another time and place.
Congratulations to the field team who stayed on Sajama for extra days to get the second core to bedrock.
Lonnie leaves for a new drilling expedition in China on August 3rd.
The UMASS team (Carsten Braun and Mathias Vuille) is at or near the summit. At the summit they will build the automatic, satellite-linked weather station and install it. We expect to have voice communication with the team in the next 2 to 3 days.
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