FROST

Last November, Frosties from Sweden went to sample Lake Vuoskojaure . Danny Lau , researcher at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and his team measured ice thickness and sampled water, sediment core, zooplankton, and benthic invertebrates. Prof Danny Lau working in the lab after a long day of sampling. Photo by Mikael Östlund Danny Lau’s team on their snowy journey to sample Lake Vuoskojaure. Photo by Karl Heuchel Lake Vuoskojaure is located close to the village Abisko in northern...

Just like our research, the FROST identity is rooted in the perspectives of the communities we work with. That’s why our logo was imagined and created by a member of the Inuit community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Last summer, FROST launched a logo contest for local community members, inviting them to express what the project represents through their own lens. We were thrilled to receive around ten original submissions from participants of all ages, each offering a unique vision of the North,...

The FROST Small Lake team of 2025. From the left: Félix Cloutier-Artiwat, Debbie Iqaluk, Laura Brown, Lisa Marno and Riley Forth. ©Laura Brown Last August, Laura Brown and her team from the University of Toronto (On, Ca) and Félix Cloutier-Artiwat, master student in Raoul Couture group from Université Laval (Qc, Ca), went to Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island to carry out FROST sampling at Small Lake and to maintain cameras, sensors and meteorological station accompanied with Debbie Iqaluk,...