In November, Christoph and Tamara joined the Polar fieldwork health and safety training organised by the Swiss Polar Institute in association with the Groupe d’Intervention Médicale en Montagne (GRIMM). They learned more about medical support in polar and remote high-altitude environments like the one we will work in next April. They learned both about basic…
On 9 October we headed out on our inaugural group hike, crossing the border into Canton Fribourg to head from Les Paccots, over the incredibly windy Col de Lys then down to Montbovon. No snow or ice, but plenty of that to come in April when we head to Greenland for fieldwork!