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The need to research our freshwater supplies does not take a break, and neither does the world’s largest freshwater laboratory.<\/p>\n

Whether it be to keep our long-term datasets up to date, sample the snow or test the frozen sediment of a lake, many of our scientists head out to the site during the freezing winter months.<\/p>\n

Around this time last year, our Biologist\u2013Field Coordinator, Ken Sandilands, took over our Instagram feed<\/a> to show a day in the life of a researcher our at IISD-ELA in the winter.<\/p>\n

Relive the magic, once again, below.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMorning everyone! I\u2019m Ken Sandilands and I work as a Biologist\u2013Field Coordinator here at IISD-ELA. Now, not many people know that the site is open throughout the year. Even in the winter! We need to keep our sampling going to make sure our datasets are complete. Seeing as photography is one of my hobbies, I am taking over this Instagram feed today to give you an idea of what happens in a typical day during the winter at IISD-ELA.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe start our day bright and early with breakfast in Hungry Hall. We don\u2019t have a cook during the winter months, so we make our own breakfasts.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cEvery morning, even in the winter, we head to the Meteorological Site to measure precipitation and other aspects of the weather for the Canadian government\u2019s weather database and so we can keep track of how the local ‘climate’ affects our research lakes. Here\u2019s Paul Fafard checking the precipitation collector.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cNow we have headed out on the lakes to get the sampling underway. Here we are pulling our sampling gear out with one of our Polaris snowmobiles.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cOut on Lake 224 we drill through the ice to start the sampling of the water beneath. We also measure the thickness of the ice and track that data too.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe are still out on Lake 224. Here, Paul and Lee Hrenchuk are measuring the temperature and the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe can still track the movement of fish under the ice, even in the winter. Here is Lee downloading a datalogger that tracks tagged lake trout in Lake 224. (In case you\u2019re wondering how she keeps the computer warm, she uses a cooler and hot water bottles to keep the temperature stable).\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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“After a long day, winter at IISD-ELA provides some pretty impressive vistas as the sun sets. Thanks for following our second Instagram takeover. We hope it gave you good insight into what happens here during the winter!\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The need to research our fresh water supplies does not take a break, and neither does the world’s freshwater laboratory. These photos explain what a scientist does out in the field in the Canadian winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5636,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false},"blog_types":[194],"environmental_issues_type":[],"class_list":["post-5629","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog_types-our-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDoes Freshwater Science Still Happen in the Winter? | IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The need to research our fresh water supplies does not take a break, and neither does the world's freshwater laboratory. 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