A Year in the Life of the World’s Freshwater Laboratory: IISD Experimental Lakes Area Annual Report 2018-2019
Want to spend a year at the world's freshwater laboratory in beautiful northwestern Ontario from the comfort of your very own sofa/footstool/seating vessel of choice?
IISD Experimental Lakes Area's 2018-2019 annual report is a handy wall calendar for 2020 that takes you through a year in the life of our research—from braving the freezing January temperatures to monitor lakes to welcoming visitors and students in the summer and throughout the year.
You can read the annual report here, and buy your very own IISD-ELA 2020 wall calendar here.
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