News
May 29, 2023
Japanese Delegation: Carbon Emissions from Arctic Ocean Ice
It is always delightful to meet kind and funny new team members! We are really happy to have met and helped a team from Hokkaido University (Japan) in their carbon emissions monitoring on Arctic sea ice near Cambridge Bay, NU.
Hiroki Ikawa (Ph.D, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization) working on their weather station tour on the ocean ice, near Cambridge Bay, NU.
May 28, 2023
Community-Based Long-Term Monitoring Site
It is now our third year working with the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) team, by visiting their long term monitoring site and taking measures every week from October to June! This could not have been possible without Carter’s rigorous and meticulous work in the harsh winter months.
May 23, 2023
Snow Pit Sampling: From First to Last Snow of the Season
With the help of Amory Wood, we were able to provide 15 days interval snow pit sampling for analyses of snow depth, density, water equivalence and temperature for the Université de Sherbrooke from first to last snow of the season.
Shila, Elise Imbeau (Viventem co-founder) and Maittuq.
May 12, 2023
Arctic Lake Ice: Unveiling the Intricate Dance of Trophic Energy Transfer in a Frigid Ecosystem
We periodically collect, melt and filter lake ice cores for Mukund R. Gauthankar, Ph.D. Student at UQAC (Qc) to look at and better understand lake water and ice carbon composition and energy transfer.
Elise Imbeau (Viventem co-founder).
April 20, 2023
Spring under-ice sampling of the Greiner Lake watershed system
It was a pleasure to spend time with Milla Rautio’s team from UQAC once again in Cambridge Bay, NU these past 2 weeks. We assisted them through their day and night sampling work of 5 lakes from the Greiner Lake watershed with over 200 cm ice cover!
Gabriel Ferland (Viventem co-founder), Mukund Ramesh Gauthankar (UQAC PhD student), Milla Rautio (UQAC Researcher) and Marie-Pier Hébert (UQAC, Postdoc).
April 17, 2023
Remote Data Collection: Understanding Winter Fish Environments
This year again, over cold months and ice cover up to 220 cm, we provided valuable data to the Arctic Aquatic Research Division of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) by measuring under-ice water temperature, conductivity and oxygen concentration with CTD casts in Nakyulik and Inuhuktok lakes, near Cambridge Bay, NU. These measures will help them better understand Arctic char and other fish species environment through the year.
Gabriel Ferland (Viventem co-founder).
April 6, 2023
Arctic Snow School: Discussion Illustration
It was a real pleasure to take part in the Sentinelle Nord (Université Laval) and the GRIMP laboratory (Université de Sherbrooke) Arctic Snow School 2023 by illustrating a meaningful discussion between students, community elders and hunters about their perspective of the importance of snow. The snow school was about the physics of Arctic snowpacks and climate and took part April 1 to 8 2023 at the Canadian High-Arctic Research Station (CHARS), in Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay), NU.
December 4-8, 2022
ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2022)
It was a first year for us as exhibitors at the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2022) in Toronto, ON, December 4-8, 2022. It is always stimulating to see members of the Canadian and international Arctic research community all together networking and sharing knowledge. We are proud to be part of this amazing Arctic science community!
Gabriel Ferland and Elise Imbeau (Viventem co-founders).
September 29, 2022
Community Greenhouse at CHARS
With Charles-Félix Fournier-Côté, Sentinelle Nord (Université Laval) scientist, we helped build the frame of a community greenhouse that will stay on the Canadian High-Arctic Research Station (CHARS) campus. The project will be completed in spring 2023.
Charles-Félix Fournier-Côté (Université Laval (Sentinelle Nord) scientist) and Gabriel Ferland (Viventem co-founder).
August 4, 2022
Digging to learn more about plant growth environment
Ji Young Jung, Senior Research Scientist at Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) and Carter Lear (Viventem field technician) collecting mineral soil samples.
August 1, 2022
Studying river habitants to monitor invasive species
(1) Gabriel Ferland (Viventem co-founder) sampling macroinvertebrates with a surber sampler in Ekaluk river near Cambridge Bay, NU. Photo credit: Étienne Lanoue (2) Mayfly Larva, also known as shadfly or fishfly.
July 30, 2022
Rainwater samples ready for analysis!
We collect rainwater samples of each precipitation event from July to October 2020-2022 as part of Megan Sarah Leung MSc thesis project, Geography Student & Environmental Artist, at University of Calgary .
Gabriel Ferland (Viventem co-founder) collecting rainwater samples after a rain event by the bay, in Cambridge Bay, NU.
July 26, 2022
Collecting insects and macro invertebrates around
the Kitikmeot region
Kristen McCabe (CBG research professional), Tad Tulurialik (UofG Taloyoak local field technician), Carter Lear (UofG Cambridge Bay local field technician) and Elise Imbeau (Viventem co-founder) on a ARCBIO malaise trap sampling site in Taloyoak, Nunavut.
July 25, 2022
Arctic char fishing at Gravel Pit, Cambridge Bay, NU
(1) Shawn Marriott (Viventem Field Support / EHTO), Gabriel Ferland (Viventem co-founder) and Patty Jane Kamoayok pulling nets at Gravel Pit, Cambridge Bay, NU. (2) Shawn Marriott and Gabriel Ferland cutting Arctic chars.
July 9, 2022
Greiner Lake system water sampling
For the past 2 years, we collected running water samples from the Greiner Lake system (pond, creek, lake, river) every week from July to October as part of Megan Sarah Leung MSc project, Geography Student & Environmental Artist, at University of Calgary.
This year, we had the pleasure to welcome Megan in town and work by her side! As she now left Cambridge Bay, we are happy to ensure the samples collections until the end of the season.
Gabriel Ferland (Viventem co-founder) by a pond near Cambridge Bay, NU.
May 31, 2022
CTD casts in Nakyulik and Inuhuktok
Under 220 cm lake ice cover, we did spring CTD casts in Nakyulik and Inuhuktok for the Arctic Aquatic Research Division of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) .
Josiah Wahlstrom, Gabriel Ferland (Viventem co-founder) and Elise Imbeau (Viventem co-founder) looking at RBR Concerto cast data, on Inuhukyok lake, near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Photo credit: Alana Wahlstrom.
April 4, 2022
Ensuring data collection through the whole year!
The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) team spend most of their summers in Cambridge Bay, at their long-term sampling site near water lake, studying plant environments. We help them monitor their site through the whole year by visiting and taking measures (site and snow accumulation pictures, downloading and sending data, making sure instruments work properly) every week from October to June!
Elise Imbeau (Viventem co-founder) at a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) experimental snow fence.