Rúnar Karlsson Rúnar Karlsson | Wednesday March 18 - 2009

Triggering an avalanche

A second after the explosion
A second after the explosion
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The Icelandic Meterology Office has an avalanche research center in Isafjordur that I work for during the winter. One interesting project that we´ve been working on is triggering avalanches with explosives which is pretty regular thing espcially in the States, Canada and the Alps. Conditions are a bit different here in Iceland, different snowpack and climate. Last Monday we blew up 150kg of dynamite that we put on the ground high in the mountains last fall and snow has been accumulating on top of it ever since. We had recognised a weak layer deep in the snowpack and were expecting some good results. And it turned out to be the right day for the job...!

 

A short footage appeared on TV1 that´s quite impressive.

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