We observed the branch of the Ienissei freezing in few hours.
It was amazing.
We went to Gravika to collect water samples.
Anatoly set up some measurement instruments into the forest.
We made some soil and peatland profiles.
We sampled tree cores with Anatoly.
(Plenty of pictures in TOMCAR-Automn 2014)
Last day in Igarka. Laure and Théo are staying 2 more days.

A morning airport ride to welcome Nikita and Anatoly Prokushkin, and to pick up our lost luggage.  A visit to the permafrost museum and an improvised interview for the local TV.
Back to the lab, maintenance and cleaning of filtering devices. Tangential Flow Filtration dismantling and reassembly with the new replacement part send by ULISSE this summer.
Great discussions with Anatoly and Nikita on Science in the Arctic.

The great « news of the day » : samples collected in spring have finally reached Lyon, in France.

Nice day in Igarka today.
-5°C and snow.
We sampled the Ienisseï with Piotr.
Getting back to what we had last spring.
As Allison would say: « A typical day in Igarka ».

• Probe calibrated once again.
• Reverse osmoses cleaned and functional.
• Samples collected.

We will try to go around the watershed  and on a peatland for Laure’s field.

Glad to be in Igarka once again.
-20°C with the wind and snow is everywhere.
Ienisseï is already starting to freeze.
For the jetlag we improvise a walk in Igarka and to the Stella, in the snow.
Then back to the lab getting ready for tomorrow sampling session and calibration of the CTD.