In the beginning of May, the glacier was covered by about three meters of snow, temporarily silencing our station out there.
Extrem weather conditions, like a strong influence from the sahara region, later in May caused the snow to melt faster then ever.
Usually the water inside the snow rises only a few centimeters, now it rose more then a meter, a phenomenon never observed before in this region. All the electronics were flooded and rendered unusable and we are not sure yet when it can be fixed.
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