Team members for Phase 2 arrive by Twin Otter. Shown here unloading their personal gear and science equipment. After the plane is emptied, those team members who have finished their field work climb aboard for the flight back to Resolute.
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Team members for Phase 2 arrive by Twin Otter. Shown here unloading their personal gear and science equipment. After the plane is emptied, those team members who have finished their field work climb aboard for the flight back to Resolute.
Brian Glass (right) and Nathalie Cabrol uncover a large piece of fossilized wood near the drill site in the paleolake sediments. The wood was excavated and placed in sample bags for transport back to the lab. A specimen of the ancient wood is shown at right. This wood is amazingly well preserved considering that it may be as old as 23 million years. It was preserved by rapid burial in lake mud of the lake which used to fill the crater many millions of years ago.