Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, climate change, limnology, lake sediment
| Principal Investigator: | Lamoureux, Scott F (9) |
| Licence Number: | 14272 |
| Organization: | Queen's University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2007
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| Issued: | Feb 05, 2008 |
| Project Team: | Joshua See (Assistant, Queen's University) |
Objective(s): The goal of this project is to collect sediment cores and water samples from a lake, to be analysed as an indication of past snow melt and stream flow in the area.
Project Description: The goal of this project is to collect sediment cores and water samples from a lake, to be analysed as an indication of past snow melt and stream flow in the area. Two personnel will camp at the site for 5 days in late May. In late June, early July and/or late August they will return by helicopter from a neighboring camp in Nunavut for two or three visits, 3-4 hours each visit. A skidoo will be used in May, and a small, un-powered, inflatable boat will be used to collect samples in June, July and/or August. Due to the unusual salinity of the lakes involved, instruments will be installed to record temperature and salinity over 2 years. Floating instruments will be anchored in the lake and retrieved again in 2009, after ice break-up. Copies of reports will be sent to communities and ARI. Fieldwork will be conducted from May 22 to 28, 2008 and during two or three short visits between June 15 and August 30, 2008 at an unnamed lake at Shellabear Point, Dundas Peninsula, Melville Island (75 50N, 113 30W).
