0:00:41.798,0:00:44.688 Chapter 1[br]View from the Etendard 0:01:01.125,0:01:03.498 My name is Delphine Six and 0:01:03.498,0:01:05.668 I'm a glaciologist at the Laboratory 0:01:05.668,0:01:07.748 of Glaciology in Grenoble 0:01:07.748,0:01:10.467 and we are here for 2 days with the POW team, 0:01:10.467,0:01:12.827 to make the measurement campaign of the St Sorlin Glacier. 0:02:06.756,0:02:11.296 So we came here with 2 glaciologists to help [br]them for the measurement campaign of St Sorlin Glacier 0:02:11.296,0:02:15.011 and spend 2 amazing days in the mountains around. 0:02:18.566,0:02:22.394 So we are here on the St Sorlin Glacier for 2 days, in July, 0:02:22.394,0:02:26.666 We measure it for more than 60 years to follow 0:02:26.686,0:02:32.156 its evolution and how it answered to the climate change, 0:02:32.166,0:02:37.488 and today we have a very particular year, [br]because we are at the end of july, 0:02:37.488,0:02:43.010 and all together we were able to touch the snow from [br]the bottom to the top of the glacier, 0:02:43.020,0:02:46.283 so it's a year with a lot of snow here, [br]and that's very good for glaciers ! 0:02:58.508,0:03:01.231 We are at the first point, and we have 40 more to do ! 0:03:14.251,0:03:19.255 What we did during these 2 days, is measuring [br]the milestones which are set up into the glacier, 0:03:19.255,0:03:25.329 and we have 40 milestones on this glacier, from the bottom to [br]the top of it, next to the summit of the Pic de l'Etendard 0:03:25.329,0:03:29.541 that our POW team climbed this morning at dusk ! 0:03:35.740,0:03:38.684 We were very effective... 0:03:38.694,0:03:44.662 The number 9 is slightly offset.[br]It is more around here ? Yeah... 0:05:03.708,0:05:07.952 It's so wild right, the Pic de l'Etendard ![br] 0:05:07.952,0:05:11.789 Ok so we let you finish your work, [br]because it seems you are working ! 0:05:11.789,0:05:15.151 Yeah we are not in holidays ! 0:05:24.963,0:05:31.841 At each milestone, we measure the emergence, [br]the colour, and next we do a lot of calculation 0:05:31.841,0:05:37.429 to understand the health of the glacier [br]many time during the year and for 60 years now! 0:05:37.429,0:05:42.315 We are at milestone 10, [br]this is the highest on the glacier, 0:05:42.315,0:05:50.825 and we have to check the colour, because there [br]is several sticks of different colours attached to each others 0:05:50.825,0:05:59.260 and after we will measure the emergence [br]of the stick compare to the snow pack 0:05:59.260,0:06:04.829 thanks to the probe that Coline already prepared... 0:06:04.829,0:06:08.696 Right.... mhhhhh 0:06:09.095,0:06:10.956 And what ?! 0:06:13.012,0:06:14.766 First measure !! 0:06:15.458,0:06:18.576 It's not complicated to be a glaciologist ! [br]Right ? 0:06:20.906,0:06:22.869 You should become one ! 0:06:22.869,0:06:24.649 We will not tell them ! [br]No no we are not ! 0:06:45.417,0:06:49.576 The St Sorlin Glacier is not different [br]than the other glaciers in the alps 0:06:49.576,0:06:55.212 it is loosing volume, thickness and length. 0:06:55.212,0:06:58.514 2015 was catastrophic for the glaciers 0:06:58.514,0:07:04.727 but 2016 looks like a good year, [br]it is still covert by snow. 0:07:04.727,0:07:09.292 We had finally a winter with [br]a lot of snow at these altitude 0:07:09.292,0:07:14.950 which is very good for the glacier,[br]like a reprieve for it. 0:07:19.565,0:07:23.807 We try to understand here how the sun radiation, 0:07:23.807,0:07:25.801 the atmosphère, the humidity, the wind 0:07:25.801,0:07:27.486 are influencing the snow and ice melt 0:07:28.532,0:07:31.278 Look a these rock at the bottom of the slope 0:07:31.278,0:07:33.928 2 years ago they were not visible 0:07:35.336,0:07:38.271 Same at the top on the ridge, 0:07:38.271,0:07:43.695 in real summer without snow,[br]there is a huge difference... 0:07:46.760,0:07:51.231 So we checked 5 milestones, [br]and them almost 40 ! 0:07:51.231,0:07:55.641 It's was my first time in the mountain after my surgery 0:07:55.641,0:08:01.545 and it really give another dimension,[br]another approach to the mountain 0:08:01.545,0:08:06.508 It's amazing to have another view on [br]our environment, where we ride or climb usually 0:08:06.508,0:08:13.376 In Freestyle skiing, it's not the most sustainable practice 0:08:13.376,0:08:20.230 but I'd like more and more people to have this in mind,[br]and act to reduce our impact 0:08:24.866,0:08:28.351 If the climate change is getting worst, [br]in 2050 it will be impossible to climb 0:08:28.351,0:08:31.827 on the glacier of St Sorlin [br]to reach the Pic de l'Etendard 0:08:31.827,0:08:34.354 This glacier will have disappeared. 0:08:35.304,0:08:39.276 It's pretty rare but 4 glaciologist girls[br]in a team of 4, we beat some records ! 0:08:39.276,0:08:42.369 and 2 very competent interns ! 0:08:42.369,0:08:44.843 Yeah and we had a lot of fun !