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	<title>State of the Planet &#187; Lonnie Thompson</title>
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		<title>Finished, as the Glaciers Fall Apart</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/28/finished-as-the-glaciers-fall-apart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonnie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have finished our mission at Puncak Jaya and removed the ice cores, along with all camps and people from the field. Currently, we are in the coastal city of Timika for a few days, drying out our field equipment and tents. These are the first glaciers we have ever drilled where it rains almost every day&#8211;and [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/28/finished-as-the-glaciers-fall-apart/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ice Cores</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/18/the-ice-cores/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonnie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the most difficult thing about ice cores comes after the actual drilling: then you then have to get them out and transport them long distances, and make sure they don&#8217;t melt. Otherwise, all that work was for nothing. Here are some images showing how we handle them initially. (Courtesy David Christenson/Freeport McMoRan)]]></description>
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		<title>Drilling the Glacier to Bedrock</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/14/drilling-the-glacier-to-bedrock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonnie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we completed our first ice core at the Northwall Firn Glacier, down to bedrock, penetrating 30 meters through the glacier, until we hit bottom. The ice seems to contain visible layers all the way down&#8211;a sign that yearly accumulations have been preserved, instead of melding into each other. This means we should be able to [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/14/drilling-the-glacier-to-bedrock/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally on Ice</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/11/drilling-northwall-firn-glacier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonnie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the blessing of two wonderful days of clear weather, all our equipment was moved into place this morning. The ice coring can now begin. We anticipate finishing the drill assembly today and drilling by mid-morning tomorrow at three sites on the Northwall Firn glacier: the two “domes” and the saddle, where the team will [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/11/drilling-northwall-firn-glacier/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>On Our Way to the Top</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/09/on-our-way-to-the-top/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonnie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning we were at our staging area at the Grasberg mine at 5 am, and were able to use the B3 helicopter to get ourselves set up. First trip up, our colleagues Keith Mountain and Vladimir Mikhalenko went to what we call the “saddle camp”—a spot between two peaks—where we will stage the first [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/09/on-our-way-to-the-top/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Needed: Ice Drills</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/02/needed-ice-drills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonnie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are staying at the high-elevation Grasberg gold and copper mine—not on top of Puncak Jaya—because some of our equipment has not arrived. We have 99 pieces out of the 106 we shipped, but unfortunately our ice drills are in the missing pieces, and we cannot do anything without those. We are working hard to [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/02/needed-ice-drills/">...</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Up a Melting Mountain</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/23/moving-up-a-melting-mountain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 15:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonnie Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four days ago, we flew into the lowland Papuan city of Timika, then moved up to Tembagapura, a town managed by the Freeport-McMoRan company, whose gold/copper mine near our glaciers is lending us logistical support. Tembagapura, at 1,900 meters (6,000 feet), was our first step in acclimatizing to high elevation. Now we have moved up [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/23/moving-up-a-melting-mountain/">...</a>]]]></description>
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