Beautiful view from the plain over the frozen Yenisei and the city of Igarka.
The weather was very sunny and warm for the arrival, and everything was starting melting.
But now a cold wave has come, bringing some snow and refreezing.
Lab material and goods have been checked, we are ready to go!
First sample of the spring mission has been taken through the ice of the river on Friday 29/04 on a sunnybut cold day (between -10 and -5 °C).
Our land mark is back!
Meaning, low flow stage is not far.
…Everything is green!
The water level is lowering rapidly.
We are still sampling 3 to 4 times a week.
Water is getting more and more clear and warm (12°C).
Still, too cold for a bath?
Yesterday we didn’t manage to sample, because of the storm!
Today was better but cloudy for TOMCAR sat.
First piece of green in Igarka,
Spring is definitely coming!
Theo had the opportunity to join Anatoly and Sergeï on an excursion to the « charnaïa riechka » or « black river » which is named from its dark waters full of DOM!The river is a local contributor of the Ieniseï discharge, draining Taïga and wetlands and is currently at its high water level.
After a week waiting between ice break and ice-jam, looking at the ice’s movement, we eventually managed to sample by boat.
At the same time SPOT 5 was taking a picture of the river…A good thing to calibrate the new research project.
For the dissolved organic matter’s fluorescence we have almost the same value as the one we measured last year at the same period.
We have the feeling to be right at the peak discharge.
