Possible Rumor mill, but Another trip to Greenland for P-38

[67Cougar]

A little closer back to the topic ... a question born of ignorance.

How much of 'Glacier Girl' is stuff actually brought up to the surface, and how much had to be fabricated by hand? It looked pretty much pulverized to me in the documentaries. Makes me wonder if it would be more economical to build copies of Girl from scratch instead of digging 300-400 feet for a pile of crushed parts.

On the other hand, it would have to be easier to get more of the -38s out of the ice, with the lessons learned from the first one?

[RickH]

Makes me wonder if it would be more economical to build copies of Girl from scratch instead of digging 300-400 feet for a pile of crushed parts.

It's all about the bits and pieces, every piece ( of any kind ) that you don't have to build or source externally puts you ahead in the rebuild process. You're also after the elusive data plate to establish provenance for the FAA.

[old iron]

Pogmusic asked

Ok, this begs the environmentally wrong question... As they have been screaming about the retreating glaciers/ice cap over Greenland, how can they be under MORE ice/snow???? .... Just sayin'.........

Basically, snow accumulates in the middle of Greenland and calves at the margins.

I cannot speak specifically for Greenland, but there is an observed rapid increase in calving around Antarctica. The effects of global warming are most pronounced in high latitudes, north and south. The Arctic Sea, once ice-covered year-round - as witnessed by John Franklin and his expedition in the 1840s - is now open for cruise ships traveling seasonally across the top of Canada and Russia. While this warming should produce increased calving at the edges of Greenland, it should not have an obviously pronounced effect on ice movements well inland. However, associated with the developing climate changes are often increased rates of precipitation, which could contribute to increasing rates of snow accumulation at the P-38 sites, though the changes in precipitation would vary from once place to another. ...Just answerin'...