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Hi John,

On Sunday, during my bike ride, I have identified a few building options

that are heated, powered, and, more importantly, that are close by open

fields.

Yesterday, I met with the chief civil engineer of the Base (Greenland

Contractor) who is in charge of absolutely all the buildings. She

strongly supports any activities related to the NASA science mission. She

authorizes us to use 2 buildings that are shown on the attached map (7001

and 1128), and offered help for the setup (vehicle to carry boxes, making

openings to pass wires through the wall).

I'm passing on this information to you, and others in the list, as there

is no guarantee that I will be part of the 2012 Greenland mission

(although I would hope so, I greatly enjoyed my time with you guys!). So,

if for any reason you need a new location for your instruments, I think

this option is a very good one. If you want to have a look, both

buildings are left unlocked. You will see that there is more than plenty

of room for instruments!

Cheers,

Joël

PS. here is her contact information:

Ms Helle (pronounced Hellé) Hallberg

Base Civil Engineer, Thule AB

Phone +299-97-65-85-2723

Cell: +45 25 42 12 00

e-mail: hhs@gc.gl

Fax: +299-97-66-59

Building 564, Thule phone extension 2723

The number of the emergency hut is 1128 and we contacted the "non sensitive comms" office to help with locating decent locations. They are located in building 113.

We also had decent results out of building 216 with a tripod on roof but some construction kept us out of there in 2012.