Sampling a groundwater spring with a balmy 0.1°C temperature. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan.)
Elliott getting knee-deep in the muck to prepare to core permafrost. (Photo credit Ghislain de Laplante.)
A close-up of a permafrost core sample as it comes out of the ground. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan.)
Elliott and Matt posing on the way back into Casino camp after a day of sampling. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
Matt on-board the helicopter on the way back to camp. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
(Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
Fall colors in upper Canadian Creek. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
Matt getting ready to core permafrost. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
Elliott getting excited to sample groundwater out of a drive-point piezometer. (Photo credit Matt Fellwock).
Fall colors on the Yukon River. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
Flaming yellow aspens in the Dawson Range. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
We are very grateful to the Casino and Newmont Coffee mine camps for hosting us and facilitating our sampling in the Dawson Range. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
Ghislain waiting out bad weather while groundwater sampling. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
Elliott deploying his rainy-weather sampling setup. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).
Matt on-board the fixed-wing flight into camp. (Photo credit Elliott Skierszkan).