ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐃᑭᐊᖓᓂ ᖁᐊᖑᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ  ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᓯᒡᔭ ᓱᕋᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑐᓄᓪᓗ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᖕᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᖁᒃᐸᖕᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖓᓄᑦ.  ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᒥᐅᑕᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓰᓐᓇᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ (NISI−ᒥᒃ), ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᕌᖓᓪᓗᐊᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ. 

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᖓ 1 NISI−ᒥ (2011-2016) ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒧᑦ 5-ᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᓂ:

Why was this project important?

Carbon cycle dynamics in response to permafrost degradation is a ‘hot topic’ in northern research. We are particularly interested in greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4) emitted from ‘thermokarst’ aquatic ecosystems, i.e. ponds and lakes formed by the thawing of ice-rich permafrost. Such thawing results in the atmospheric release (as CO2 and CH4) of old carbon formerly trapped frozen in the ground. One of the main challenges is to sample efficiently these gases, especially small bubbles rising through the water column.

Students of ETP have been contributing to a multidisciplinary study looking at vegetation response in a warming Arctic context, with a focus on berry ecology and productivity of 3 favourite species: Blueberry (Kigutangirnaq/Vaccinium uliginosum), Crowberry (Paurngaq/Empetrum nigrum) and Cranberry (Kimminaq/Vaccinium vitis-idaea). From 2009 to 2013 they have been collecting berries following a scientific protocol in a permanent monitoring plot near their fall camp location at Peterhead Inlet, near Iqaluit.

ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓯᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᒥᔨᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᓄᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᓱᐊᕆᐊᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒃ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᓗ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᖃᑎᒌᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᑕ ᓯᓈᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᑕ.

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᖏᐅᑎᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ.

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᕌᒐᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᓯᕗᕙᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᖏᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒍᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.

ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓐᖏᑦᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂᒃ ᖁᐊᕐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓂᒃ ᐃᑎᓂᓗᓐᓄᑦ 15 ᒦᑦᑕᓂᒃ.