Not with a bang but a whimper...

We had hoped to end the campaign with a great day of solar measurements but the weather would not co-operate. The temperature at the station was a balmy -30 C when we left this morning and we were amazed by the -15 C temperatures at the lab. It was almost too good to be true. Later in the day, the cloud started to thin and then it started to snow.

By about 1 PM (after local apparent noon), it was decided that we should start packing because the conditions we not going to improve much. Clive and Jennifer had some of the best conditions ever to take the SPS and MAESTRO down off the roof. Where were the high winds? Where were the freezing temperatures? The weather had never co-operated before.

PARIS, SPS, MAESTRO and their support equipment were packed up and the DIAL laser was put into hibernation. DOAS and SAOZ will be continuing their measurements through the extended phase of the campaign. Paul will be monitoring their progress as well as making solar measurements with the DA8. The Brewer will also be left at the lab for the extended phase.

We packed up the truck and brought Keeyoon and Richard M. back down to the station. The Korean expedition had come through Eureka earlier in the day. The pilots had decided to stop overnight at the station so they would not have come back tomorrow to pick us up. Keeyoon had a good time talking with two Korean journalists who were covering the expedition. He and I gave interviews about the campaign, climate change and ozone depletion in Korean and English (respectively).

We look forward to heading out tomorrow morning. Part of the team will spend a few days in Resolute visiting Qarmartalik school and the rest will return down south tomorrow night.

The daily ozonesonde was launched using a Totex balloon. There had been a Match launch at 16:l0 UTC, using a Totex, which reached 4.1 mbar. We had hopes that our sonde would get to about the same altitude. Unfortunately, we were not so lucky. It got to 21.8 mbar. Keeyoon won with a guess of 16.3 mbar.

Best regards,
Kaley.