It was an adventure for my #Science staff out sampling off the 🇨🇦 #Canadian Coast Guard Ship, Samuel Risley icebreaker last week on Lake Huron. Ice everywhere for sampling water properties, chemistry, phytoplankton and zooplankton during the binational #GreatLakes #WinterGrab. Many lessons learned about the difficulties of ship-based winter #limnology, including frozen sensors and some damaged equipment. However, it was a success due to the support of the crew. #BravoZulu
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/great-lakes-have-the-most-ice-in-years-amid-prolonged-cold-spell

Our Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker Samuel Risley was in the Valentines Day 💝 mood yesterday.
My staff will be joining the ship Monday to sample some water and plankton in the St Clair Detroit River area for the #GreatLakes #WinterGrab #Science

For our #GreatLakes lower trophic group, 2022 was a very productive and busy year. We sampled for the #WinterGrab in Feb, produced reports for year end, published 5 manuscripts, organized two conference sessions, hired a new biologist to join our team and two sets of students, completed fieldwork in Hamilton Harbour, Toronto Harbour, and coordinated 🇺🇲🇨🇦 Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Huron #CSMI for a total of 64 days at sea. None of this could have been completed without the talented team.👍