Jökull - 01.12.1953, Side 9

Fig. 1. Map showing the expedition’s route and pits dug on Vatnajökull 1953.
(By a mistake the contour lines on Kverkjökull have been omitted.)
Kort er s'ýnir leið Vatnajökulsleiðangursins 1953, svo og hvar gryfjur voru grafnar og hver úr-
koman hafi verið siðan haustið 1952 á hverjum stað; reiknað í mm vatns.
Camp 1 at 20:00 hrs. (Temp. then 2° C. Wind
NE 1. Fog.) in ab. 1080 m height and ab. 8 km
from the glacier margin. Pit I, 230 cm deep, was
dug that evening.
Monday 29 June. — Drizzling rain the whole
day and bad visibility. Start at 16:00 hrs. Temp.
1.5° C. Calm. The coarse-grained surface snow
was very wet and heavy and so loose that we
sank nearly to our knees when walking on it,
and the Bombardier was unable to pull any-
thing and could only move at its lowest speed,
and only when continuously pushed forwards
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