Myriam Labbé ready to work on Ward Hunt Island

Myriam Labbé ready to work on Ward Hunt Island

Alex Culley in Neige Bay, Milne Fjord

Alex Culley in Neige Bay, Milne Fjord

Alex Culley sampling water from an ice island in Disraeli Fjord (Photo D. Sarrazin)

Alex Culley sampling water from an ice island in Disraeli Fjord (Photo D. Sarrazin)

Thores lake glacier

Thores lake glacier

Vani Mohit and Alice Lévesque ready to sample the permafrost thaw ponds

Vani Mohit and Alice Lévesque ready to sample the permafrost thaw ponds

Alice Lévesque in action sampling the thermokarst pond SAS 2A

Alice Lévesque in action sampling the thermokarst pond SAS 2A

Myriam Labbé filtering, filtering & more filtering

Myriam Labbé filtering, filtering & more filtering

Lab all closed up and ready to leave Ward Hunt Island for 2016

Lab all closed up and ready to leave Ward Hunt Island for 2016

Dennis Sarrazin on a ridge on the north coast of Ellesmere Island

Dennis Sarrazin on a ridge on the north coast of Ellesmere Island

Warwick Vincent leading science day at the Centre d'études nordiques science center in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik

Warwick Vincent leading science day at the Centre d'études nordiques science center in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik

Great Whale River

Great Whale River

The littoral mats of Ward Hunt Lake, presented by Jérôme Comte

The littoral mats of Ward Hunt Lake, presented by Jérôme Comte

Yukiko Tanabe & Alex Culley sampling from an ice island in Disraeli Fjord (photo by D. Sarrazin)

Yukiko Tanabe & Alex Culley sampling from an ice island in Disraeli Fjord (photo by D. Sarrazin)

Paschale Bégin, Myriam Labbé and Alex Culley discussing who will float and who will sink if the ice cracks

Paschale Bégin, Myriam Labbé and Alex Culley discussing who will float and who will sink if the ice cracks

Adrien and Valérie in the field

Adrien and Valérie in the field

Valérie and Adrien in the helo

Valérie and Adrien in the helo

Brrrr...Ward Hunt Lake 2017

Brrrr...Ward Hunt Lake 2017

From right to left Jérôme Comte, Warwick Vincent, Michel Paquette and Paschale Bégin in the Ward Hunt Island sun

From right to left Jérôme Comte, Warwick Vincent, Michel Paquette and Paschale Bégin in the Ward Hunt Island sun

Ride home touching down (photo courtesy of D. Sarrazin)

Ride home touching down (photo courtesy of D. Sarrazin)

Stromatolites

Stromatolites

Kuujjuarapik Inukshuk

Kuujjuarapik Inukshuk

Sometimes it feels like summer camp up here!

Sometimes it feels like summer camp up here!

Fly camp at Thores Lake. Where is the fog?

Fly camp at Thores Lake. Where is the fog?

Pilipoosie strolling towards the Thores Glacier on the lake ice.

Pilipoosie strolling towards the Thores Glacier on the lake ice.

Thore Lake, mirror calm

Thore Lake, mirror calm

Sampling an ice island in Disraeli Fiord

Sampling an ice island in Disraeli Fiord

ViDEL in action!

The Louis in parking position and a full day of ice work ahead of us! (Photo credit Josephine Z. Rapp)

Kristina Brown (IOS) and Josephine Rapp drill sea-ice cores to subsequently extract and study the microbial communities that live inside the ice. (Photo credit Josephine Z. Rapp)

The last day, we were lucky enough to get to Thores Lake

The last day, we were lucky enough to get to Thores Lake

Our trusty steed, the Twin Otter, in typical Resolute conditions

Our trusty steed, the Twin Otter, in typical Resolute conditions

Elise and Catherine on their way to the Thores Glacier/Thores Lake interface.

Elise and Catherine on their way to the Thores Glacier/Thores Lake interface.

Nunavik, Québec. the valley of the Kwakwatanikapistikw River (photo W. Vincent)

Nunavik, Québec. the valley of the Kwakwatanikapistikw River (photo W. Vincent)

Catherine sampling Ward Hunt Island water tracks

Catherine sampling Ward Hunt Island water tracks

One of the more curious and courageous visitors to our ship. (Photo credit Josephine Z. Rapp)