Our second day at Esrange started with a delicious breakfast and our first “Good Morning Meeting”. During the meeting, we received all the important information about the schedule, safety rules, and the plan for the upcoming days. It was exciting to finally see each and every team together – although some where still missing members (At this point we were still missing Jasper).
After the meeting, we headed to the dome to unpack and inspect our experiment. Everything went smoothly – all components arrived in perfect condition, and the setup worked as expected. We started a measurement to see how warm our experiment gets. In the meanwhile the majority of our team went on a small hike to the river and spend the afternoon there by throwing pebbles and enjoying the view of north Sweden.
Coming back we prepared an overnight test to see how temperature and atmospheric pressure would affect the performance of our setup. To simulate cold conditions, we moved the experiment into a small room, opened the window to let in the outside air, and let it run overnight.
In the evening, we spent some time in the common kitchen – shared some stories, laughed and even danced some Tango Argentino. All in all we had great first day and are looking forward to the next days here in Esrange.