{"id":6428,"date":"2019-12-10T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/geoblog\/?p=6428"},"modified":"2022-02-14T10:21:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T09:21:57","slug":"mobility-grant-subglacial-systems-and-ice-flow-dynamics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/geoblog\/en\/2019\/12\/mobility-grant-subglacial-systems-and-ice-flow-dynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobility Grant: Subglacial systems and ice flow dynamics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Inigo Irarrazaval has obtained a Doc-Mobility grant for his project \u00ab Subglacial systems and ice flow dynamics induced by glacial lakes in Exploradores glacier, Patagonia \u00bb<\/em> which he started last October. He shares here his experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9 Francisco Croxatto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Can you say a word about the genesis of your Doc.Mobility project ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From relatively small alpine glaciers, I switched to the Patagonian Ice Fields. The idea came from the desire to use my early doctoral knowledge to expand my expertise to a different setting. And to complete my thesis with skills that were difficult to develop at UNIL. Before I started my doctorate in mobility, I obtained a one-month grant (Mobility2018 CLS-HSG, Centro Latinoamericano-Suizo of the University of St. Gallen) to conduct a pilot study. The success of this pilot study allowed me to clearly define what objectives I could achieve in one year with Doc.Mobility. The Ays\u00e9n University team I had met immediately showed interest and supported my project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What difficulties have you overcome ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike the Alps, there are still few studies in Patagonia. One of the challenges was to collect and compile the few available observational data. Fieldwork in a remote area where weather forecasts are not accurate poses an additional challenge! Especially for piloting the drone, where windless and dry weather conditions are needed\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you think this experience will bring you ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New skills in glaciology of course (such as photogrammetry, mass balance). Being fully in charge of a project, from proposal to implementation, is also a great experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advice for future PhD students in mobility ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plan well ahead and have a plan B and C ready. And try to meet face-to-face with the supervisor abroad before establishing a collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how do you see the next step after Doc. Mobility ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So many questions about glaciers remain unanswered! Research in Patagonia is expanding and I would like to continue my research there as a post-doctoral fellow, based in Chile, Switzerland or elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Informations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n