We spent most of our time here at Expedition fiord. We were camped next to a large ridge composed of the Isachsen sandstone and an intrusive volcanic unit. We had a beautiful view of a tip of the Crusoe Glacier, and spent a lot of time navigating along the occasionally raging melt waters it produced. Here we did extensive sampling of the Deer Bay formation, a large black shale unit, through the collection of paleomagnetically oriented samples, fossils and rock samples.
In the photos below, you can see the yellow tents of our camp between the glacially-fed river and the colorful ridge.
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A view of camp from one of the nearby ridges. The stripe in the ridge near camp is the Isachsen sandstone surrounded by an intrusive volcanic rock. |
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A view from the helicopter of our camp. Look closely and you can see the yellow tents of camp. |
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Orienting samples in the Deer Bay formation. |
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A view of camp and the Crusoe Glacier. The Deer Bay formation is between camp and the glacier. |