The great north(GL)
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This male caribou was euthanised with two purposes in mind, one, for a circumpolar studdy of what caribou feed off around the north pole. For that we needed to sample liver, kidney, muscle, jawbone and some hair. All of these tissues are then put into a isotope mass spectrometer, giving scientist the ability to find which specific sources of food this particular animal feed of. Secondly, this animal is used to feed 3 different families during the coming winter,
This is Ivik.
Ivik is a born a raised in Nuuk. We met the first time in 2004, when we were both 16 years old. Back then we were participating in a year-long international youth exchange to Canada. Unfortunately, we have only been speaking sporadically since then. Fast forward to 2016, I am in Nuuk finishing school work and by coincidence run into Ivik the very first day - while looking for shoe laces in the sports store. Weird coincidence and but great to meet again. Not much had changed - apart from us getting a lot older. Ivik is doing great, he got married, go hunting a lot and is working full time as shrimp fisherman in the Davis strait - at sea for moths at a time.
Enjoying the sun while it out.
When we were at Ivik's parents summer house, we could hear loud laughs and talks from a little red house. On the deck sat these four lovely people. They all used to live in the village, but since it was closed, they were forced to live in Nuuk in stead. They had all kept their houses in the vilage for summer vacations - which was exactly what they were so cheerful about. The offered me a coffee and the lady in the white t-shirt started telling me that she too had just returned from a caribou hunt, sleeping in tents in the back country. They shot two large male's - one so big, that they had walk to their camp twice. Lovely people.
Electro fishing.
Rasmus and I are not in Greenland for holidays, but for investigating the possible effects that a new mine in southern Greenland might have on its surrounding marine environment. This is part of Rasmus's Phd, in which i function as a veterinary field assistant.
By catching juvenile arctic char and exposing them the the sediments that the mine leaks, we can figure out if the fish does bioaccumulate the specific sediments, and thereby know if we have an indication for further investigation.From DSV