We sampled Pelly Lake on a perfect 15°C day, with blue skies and barely a breath of wind. We had the pleasure of bringing two Elders from the community, Navalik and her friend Josie, out on the land to enjoy the beautiful weather

Before strong winds moved into the area for the next few days, the team headed out to sample the impressive Greiner Lake (surface area of 41.2 km²) using two small Zodiacs. Unfortunately, one of the motors died almost immediately, likely due to a lack of maintenance over the winter.

When you head out into the field in Nunavik, you quickly realize that the experience begins long before reaching the study site. After several days of preparation, we set out on our snowmobiles for a three-hour journey through the fjords and mountains of Ungava.

Two students from Milla Rautio's lab at UQAC in Chicoutimi, Québec - Cassia and Félix -travelled to Alaska to sample Toolik Lake as part of FROST activities led by Sally MacIntyre. Here, Cassia shares highlights and reflections from the experience:

May 2026 If there's one thing Arctic fieldwork has taught us, it's this: no matter how carefully you plan, the Arctic always has a few surprises waiting for you. Last May, several enthusiastic Frosties headed to Polar Continental Shelf Program at Resolute Bay, Nunavut, for another winter sampling campaign. As expected, everything didn't quite go according to plan. The adventure began with Laura Brown's team, who measured ice thickness and snow cover, installed new time-lapse

My fieldwork at Lake Muddusjärvi included interesting conversations in fishers' kitchens over a cup of coffee, cold fingers while checking winter gillnets and tasting a local delicacy- fresh burbot liver

The first ice sampling at Lake Kilpisjärvi, northern Finland, happened during December 2025. The lake is located at 69° N, experiencing nearly two months without direct sunlight, with the sun lingering just below the horizon and providing a few hours of beautiful twilight each day. Whole lake had frozen couple of weeks earlier and 33 cm of clear ice with some 10-20 cm of snow made snow mobile logistics easy. “Sampling of benthic invertebrates at -30 degrees celsius is a perfe