After two successful sampling days on the lake we now have samples from three distinct riverine inputs, Abiskojåkka, Njuoraätno and Miellejåkka. See the previous blog post for pictures of the glorious mud itself! The sites didn’t give up their sediments easily though with sand and gravel dominating the shallow depths making for tricky grabbing. Whilst […]

Accompanied by espresso and a beautiful view over Torneträsk with snow-capped mountains on the horizon we started our day with planning where to go. After asking people working at the station, and digging into some papers on the lake we decided to try and sample around the Abiskojåkka delta. The Abiskojåkka (jåkka is river in […]

The team was to meet in Stockholm airport for the same onward connecting flight to Kiruna, en-route to our final destination at the Abisko Research Station. Jorien was travelling in from Utrecht via Stockholm, whereas Paul and Sam were flying in from London. Courtesy to a delay to the London flight, the team finally met […]

Hi, I am Samuel Cottingham, a shiny new first year PhD student based at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK. Being less than two weeks into my PhD, I’m very lucky to be making my first ever trip to the Arctic to collect samples for my research. During my PhD, I will be investigating what controls the […]