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Pictures of the Month 2021

 

Since the beginning of December 2020 the Eiger Express brings guests from the new Grindelwald Terminal directly to the Eigergletscher. Through the opening of this new cableway, researchers and visitors can now reach Jungfraujoch and the research station faster and more comfortable. More information at https://www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/eiger-express/. Photo: © David Birri
After 20 years, the custodians Joan and Martin Fischer left the research station at the end of January 2021 in order to take on new challenges. HFSJG would like to say a big thank you to them for their great and always dedicated commitment and wishes them all the best for their future. Left to right: Martin Fischer, Prof. Markus Leuenberger, Director HFSJG, Joan Fischer. Photo: Ruedi Käser
At Jungfraujoch, this jackdaw takes a break and warms his feet on the heated air inlet of the RADAIR instrument (automatic aerosol radioactivity monitor for the continuous detection of total alpha and beta activity). This instrument is operated by the Federal Office of Public Health in Bern and is placed outdoors of the 5th floor of the research station. Photo: © Pierre Beuret
In March 2021, Dr. Ronny Lorenzo from armasuisse tested the newest methanol-based fuel cells on the Sphinx-terrace at Jungfraujoch. The picture shows the Methanol Fuel Cell in its weatherproof aluminium box with the attached auxiliary solar panel. Several campaigns over the last few years showed that fuel cells are capable of performing according to specifications even at high altitudes. By adding a solar panel, the operating time of the fuel cell was substantially prolonged. Picture: © Dr. Ronny Lorenzo
Eiger, Mönch and … Jungfraujoch with the Sphinx-observatory and the research station. This view can be seen from the Jungfrau East Ridge. Photo: © Philipp Villiger
The empty laboratory on the 2nd floor of the Sphinx-Observatory is an unusual view. Normally, the room is filled with instruments and equipment of different research groups. In May/June 2021 a long overdue renovation is taking place, including the replacement of the electrical installations. Photo: © Attila Bayraktar
The newly renovated Sphinx-laboratory on the 2nd floor (picture above) and the lab with some of the re-installed instruments (picture below). Pictures: HFSJG
Prof. Dr. Christoph Scheidegger from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL, searching for lichens at Jungfrau East Ridge. Lichens are morphologically and physiologically adapted to extreme environments. Umbilicaria virginis (upper right individual) is one of the few species that exclusively grow in the nival environment at high altitudes. On the east ridge of Mt. Jungfrau the species is relatively frequent and can be recognized by the black fruitbodies on the upper surface (lower left) and the pinkish lower surface with simple rhizines (lower right). Pictures: Christoph Scheidegger and HFSJG.
Participants of the international PhD Summer School Mont-Soleil during their visit at the research station at Jungfraujoch. Photo: Ruedi Käser.
The artist Peter Baracchi spent one month at the research station Jungfraujoch for one of his projects. Each day he built a snowman, which he photographed and documented. After a day in the sun, exposed to the weather and the tourists, the snowmen are transported inside the building and melt. The melt water is collected and filtrated. The complete residues of the snowmen are collected, dated and archived. At the end there will be thirty individual and unique artworks, which consist of the conserved fragments of the snowmen and the corresponding Polaroid-photo. Photos: © Peter Baracchi
The bistatic polarimetric radar system KAPRI is monitoring the Aletsch glacier. The top picture shows the main device, which acts as a transmitter-receiver and creates a high-resolution polarimetric dataset of the radar scattering properties of the snow cover. The bottom picture shows a secondary receiver placed ~950m away on the terrace of the East Ridge building -- this device allows us to "look" at the radar reflections under a different angle, which adds another dimension to the dataset, and this can subsequently be used for more accurate analysis of the glacier's movements and structure. Pictures: © ETH Zürich
View from the path to the Mönchsjochhut during a sunset. Picture: Daniela Bissig

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