milkweed_bee

A Svastra bee climbing along Asclepias (milkweed). Photo credit: Jade McLaughlin

Cholla_bee

A Svastra bee climbing along Asclepias (milkweed). Photo credit: Jade McLaughlin

Pressure ridge

Pressure ridge on the surface of the sea ice on Elson Lagoon. Credit: Alina Spera (2021) CC BY-SA 4.0

Ice Drilling BLE

The BLE-LTER team drills a hole in the sea ice on Stefansson Sound in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Credit: James Schloemer (2021) CC BY-SA 4.0

Benthic Grab

Sydney Wilkinson and Dr Ken Dunton sort material from benthic grabs for isotope analysis.

Sydney Sea Ice

Sydney Wilkinson poses next to a block of sea ice.

Drilling Sea Ice at Beaufort

Sydney Wilkinson and Dr Ken Dunton use an ice corer to drill into the sea ice to sample the ice and create holes to sample the lagoons.

Vanishing-Act-5

Wendy Schnell’s Vanishing Point, from Drawing Water, illustrates in an artistic “graph” the increasing population of the invasive rainbow smelt alongside the declining natural walleye population. After her time at Trout Lake Station, Schnell donated the piece to the station, where it hangs for scientists and artists to view.

VCR-litter-trap-Gedan

Dead fallen pine tree crushing a leaf litter trap. Keryn Gedan CC BY-SA 4.0