Steve or Pete always had a weapon to scare away the potential polar bear.
intro to plant quadrats
training on plant pressing
A finished product from a previous pressing.
We neve went into the field without a gun nearby.
Sunset at the Ithica, a wrecked ship.
truly riding shotgun
taking data on tree cores
The three main areas of research on the trip were to do climate dendrochonololgy, tundra vegetative studies,and conduct small mammal population studies.
examining a tree core
coring
ravens
taking a section of a dead and down tree
The Churchill Northern Studies Centre
increment borer with core
using an increment borer on a white spruce
dorm at the Centre
cloudberry
Bonaparte's gull
These and Herring Gulls were the most common gulls in Churchill in late July.
Working hard.
arctic hare
This animal turns all white in the winter.
The fen, a very wet type of tundra.
beluga skull