We set up two ice-penetrating radar systems. One is for roving surveys to look at the glacier’s internal properties as well as its bed. How thick is the ice? Where are the fractures located? Is there water, sub-glacial streams and where…? The other is for stationary long-term deployment that is going to remain on the glaciers for several weeks. Do the glacier’s internal properties change over time? Can we see transient englacial water storage ?

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Deux systemes radars sont prepares. Le premier pour des mesures en mouvement (spatiales) sur la surface du glacier pour connaitre sa structure et les conditions a sa base. Le second, stationnaire, pour des mesures destinees a detecter des changements temporels qui peuvent se produire dans la colonne de glace observee , ainsi que sous le glacier, et ce au cours de plusieurs semaines

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