Our first day in the field was an overview of all the areas we will be researching. We walked through fields, mud, crossed river outlets, rode in zodiacs and a couple of us even put on survival suits to reach into the lake. We took a reconnaissance look at Linne Lake, walked over to the Karst ponds and had lunch where the Karst ponds and the ocean meet. 
Our research group looking at our field area for the first time.
A snow patch above one of the Karst ponds and the ocean in the distance.
We then went back to the lake and toured around on the zodiacs to look at the positions around the lake where sensors have been placed in the water to log technical data over the winter. We preliminarily began to extract some data from the sensors. We went to the boat house near the glacier melt inlet and walked up to a couple more data stations. At the inlet of the lake, there was a sensor tied to a rock over the winter season to collect data. Sara Cohen and Simon Pendleton volunteered to put on the survival suits and look in the river for the rock with the sensor attached.
Cara Mangabosco collecting preliminary lake samples for her research project.
Al Warner collecting data from the sensors that were in the lake over the winter.
Wearing survival suits to retreive data from the sensors tied to a rock and set in the lake's inlet over the winter.
We did have a visit from a couple of reindeer who were curious and spent their time circling our group to see if they could figure out who we were and what we were doing in their neighborhood. All the while, our safety officer and the others with the rifles keep watch so we will be safe from the other wildlife who could be at large in the area./
A couple curious reindeer wondering who we are and why we are in their neighborhood.
Jordan Mertes is our safety supervisor and helps to keep an eye out for any other predators with his rifle readily available.