Kellet River

Esker sampling for kimberlite indicator minerals, which aid in the search for diamonds.

Lemming.

They are so cute, but annoying around camp.

Lemming in its natural habitat.

Wolf tracks along a river.

These wolves are not tiny!

Caribou with its baby.

Caribou are so curious.

Rock balancing atop another for more than 10,000 years.

Frost shattered boulder.

Carnivorous rocks. Keep your assisstant informed on their behavior.

Gyre Falcon chicks. Note lemming brought home for dinner.

Candled ice on a lake. This is due to high levels of solar radiation during summer (24 hrs/day).

Close up of candled ice.

Area in-filled with multi-year ice. Stream running through the ice.

Close-up of the stream with an ice island.

Ice stream. Depth is approximately 3 meters.

Former lakebed looks like a desert in the middle of the Arctic. Note the frozen lake in the background.

This kame was formed by a stagnant glacier, which deposited huge quantities of sand. Note geologist in center of snow for scale.

Crescentic gouges indicate ice flow direction.

Caribou like to check out rocks, just like us.

An Arctic Hare sits camouflaged in the centre of this picture.

Caribou are often solitare during mid-summer, but herd in the fall.