The main focus of the Tarfala station is to monitor and do research on Storglaciären. One of our days there was therefore spent walking around on the glacier, looking at ablation measuring equipment, supraglacial streams, crevasses and moulins, trying to keep our balance in crampons.
Group photo in front of the northern peak of Kebnekaise. The second highest peak in Sweden. The highest is the southern peak. when the ice cap on top of it melts away, this northern peak will take over as the highest.
They are impressive, awe-inspiring things, glaciers.
Katja Malmborg 