Paleo Slide Set: Polar Ice Cores
Tent city

Faced with this lack of privacy, many researchers opted for more private, but much colder, 
unheated tents such as these. During storms, the white sky and featureless white ice sheet 
made disorientation a distinct and dangerous possibility. It is hard to imagine a worse place 
to get lost than the unrelenting, unpopulated expanse of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Flag lines 
were placed along all major routes of travel around the camp to prevent researchers from losing 
their way during frequent whiteouts. 

Photo Credits:
Kendrick Taylor 
DRI, University of Nevada-Reno