Today I had my first visit to the “Bay†Site. Better late than never. It was a beautiful day and after shutting down the Bio-sampler and starting the MOUDI at the GAW Lab, Brad drove me to Alert Inlet. I made my way across the ice with my equipment on a sled, approximately 500 m from the truck.
Although the wind was changing throughout the day, it never blew from the direction, where the truck was parked with engine running and neither did it blow directly from the base with the exception of 20 min. I had a wind from SW during canister sampling, but the SPME measurements could be affected. For snow sampling I did not only the usual grab sampling, but I also sampled 3 different snow layers that covered the ice (a snow pack of 23 cm in total). On my return to the truck, the ice had opened up a little with small cracks appearing (but I could not see the water yet).
