Valterkulten

The day before yesterday I was lucky enough to join the geomorphologists on a field trip to one of the nearby nunataks, namely Valterkulten.  

A nunatak is a rocky outcrop, basically a mountaintop protruding though the ice.  It included a helicopter flight which obviously sweetened the already sweet deal.  

Geomorphology is a branch of science I have not heard of before this trip and as I understand it, it analyses the characteristics of a landscape and try to make predictions on the way it was formed.  On this field trip we therefor assisted the scientist in taking samples of smallish rocks and also taking measurements on rock sizes, orientation and hardness.  The weather was immaculate once again and I hope it will last.  It was such a nice day.  We had nice sandwiches, we each had a beer, I even made myself comfortable on the rocks and had a nice afternoon nap.  

Side note: In the Antarctic, against all your instincts, you try and keep beer warm.  To cool it is never a problem.