Walks around Oulanka

Although I didn’t walk as far as the GEO-CAICS team, I have walked quite far each day at Oulanka as it’s been much more difficult to find my study species here.  It wasn’t until the second afternoon that I found the first population about an hour’s walk from the station and (affects Victorian explorer’s accent) …

Butterworts and Mushrooms at Kevo

After a long journey (walk, tram, train to the airport, flight to Helsinki, overnight in Helsinki, another flight then a bus to Ivalo and a last bus to Kevo), I arrived just before midnight at Kevo research station. The next day, I found two populations of Pinguicula, one very close to the research station on …

Field trip preparation

Once I heard that I had been funded by Interact, I started to make preparations for my trip.  The first thing was to obtain permission to collect samples from certain areas; luckily this was quick and easy (much easier than the days, weeks and months of arranging paperwork that I am used to when working …