We finally have finished all of our training and safety classes and are out on the ice getting our project up and running. Above is a picture of our field vehicle, a tracked machine called a Pisten Bully (a PB). Behind it, we tow a "tomato", which is a fishing hut on skis, with a hole in the floor to fish through. We can put a heater inside and stay (relatively) warm while we work. This makes us very flexible and mobile so that we can fish multiple sites.
We fish through holes in the sea ice, which right now is about 10-12 feet thick. We drill with hand held "jiffy" drills or through larger holes drilled for us with diesel powered rigs. We are already catching our first specimens and we are off to a good start!
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