Waking up to fantastic weather in Tasermiut gets us all thinking about what an amazing place this will be to spend the summer. The task for the day is to walk up into paradise valley to look for potential sites for the glaciology fieldwork and the mountaineering.
The peaks loom high over this valley making a dramatic backdrop for our days walk. We spend some time setting up an experiment which will be left in place until the summer to provide background data for our science – Tim has a gadget that takes a temperature reading every hour. We are also keeping an eye on the sediment in the streams as the location of base camp will depend mainly on finding a good source of drinking water. 
After a steep pull up from the shore and some clambering over moraine we get in to the U shaped valley and walk towards the ice. It’s cool but we are ok with thermals, a fleece and our waterproofs on which keeps the wind off. Three hours later and we arrive at a good rock for lunch, looking around at rock faces and glaciers we talk about plans for waste disposal, how long it will take for faeces to decompose and other appropriate lunchtime chat! Returning to base we are pleased to be wearing sun cream.
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