Fieldwork in Iceland (2018)

Two weeks in Iceland, twenty-four hours of light, ridge hiking, gruelling winds and rain, blizzard, sample and data collection. Led by Dr Benjamin Edwards and Dr Kristin Strock from Dickinson College and Dr Meagan Pollock from the College of Wooster, the research expedition included various surveys, including mapping and GPS work, limnology and lake coring, drone work and high-resolution photography for use in photogrammetry. Part of this fieldwork was for my bachelor's thesis, which looked at the impact of climate and singular events like volcanism on the outlet glaciers of Eyjafjallajokull. Back in 2010, when Eyja erupted, it was the first time I realized volcanoes and glaciers could co-exist! Since then, all I wanted to study was that landscape. When I applied to Dickinson College and saw that Dr Benjamin Edwards was a glacio-volcanologist (someone who studies the impact of glaciers and glaciation on volcanoes), I knew I had to work with him. As it turns out, I was able to conduct my bachelor's research in the same location from where it all started. It was indeed a full-circle moment!

The fieldwork and research were funded ever so generously by Dickinson alumni Susan and John Pohl.