{"id":68410,"date":"2022-09-02T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T17:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/?p=68410"},"modified":"2022-09-06T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:02:45","slug":"meet-arctic-bioscans-2022-field-technicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/meet-arctic-bioscans-2022-field-technicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Arctic BIOSCAN&#8217;s 2022 Field Technicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#141418&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;90deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(20,20,24,0.71) 0%|rgba(0,0,0,0) 72%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(20,20,24,0.71)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;72%&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Taloyoak-TadRVs-scaled.jpg&#8221; background_position=&#8221;bottom_center&#8221; height=&#8221;444px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||100px&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;|30px||30px&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Oswald|||on|||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;29px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9jYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6ImNhdGVnb3J5In19@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#646564&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-55px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|15px||65px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Field technician Tad Tulurialik prepares to set up a Malaise trap at Taloyoak, Nunavut.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;31px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; text_font=&#8221;||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#646564&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9kYXRlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJkYXRlX2Zvcm1hdCI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJjdXN0b21fZGF0ZV9mb3JtYXQiOiIifX0=@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||18px|||&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em>This year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticbioscan.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic BIOSCAN<\/a> biodiversity monitoring activities expanded outside Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk to include Kugaaruk, Gjoa Haven, and Taloyoak. The expansion was made possible by continuing support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/polar-knowledge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polar Knowledge Canada<\/a> and new funding from the <a href=\"https:\/\/soifoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOI Foundation<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/soifoundation.org\/en\/bfp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Futures Pathway<\/a> program, which together enabled Arctic BIOSCAN&#8217;s coordinating team to hire a group of field technicians in four communities across Nunavut. These Nunavummiut youth have brought new energy and local knowledge to Arctic BIOSCAN&#8217;s work, and it has been exciting to have them on board this field season!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||41px|||&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>For three seasons now (in 2019, 2021 and 2022), Arctic BIOSCAN field technicians have had an opportunity to investigate the land&#8217;s insect residents in ways they might not have anticipated. Working closely with Arctic BIOSCAN&#8217;s research team, field techs collect insects and other arthropods using several methods, including Malaise traps, pan traps, sweep nets, aspirators, and freehand collections in terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. They sort and label their samples, then prepare them for shipment to Guelph, where they will be DNA barcoded at the <a href=\"https:\/\/biodiversitygenomics.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre for Biodiversity Genomics<\/a> (CBG). The field technicians have also led the upload of observations on the platform <a href=\"https:\/\/siku.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SIKU<\/a> (Indigenous Knowledge Social Network), for improved regional accessibility and usage of Arctic BIOSCAN&#8217;s biodiversity data.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GjoaHaven-KristenMichaelCarter-scaled.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Three Arctic BIOSCAN field technicians sort samples collected in the field at Gjoa Haven, Nunavut.&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Three Arctic BIOSCAN field technicians sort samples collected in the field at Gjoa Haven, Nunavut.&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Field technicians Kristen McCabe, Michael Aqilriaq, and Carter Lear (left to right) sorting specimens at Gjoa Haven.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kugaaruk-KumauKristen-1-scaled.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Field technicians Kumau and Kristen sampling arthropods in Kugaaruk, Nunavut.&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Kugaaruk-Kumau+Kristen&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Field technicians Kumau Qavvik and Kristen (left to right) collecting arthropod specimens at Kugaaruk.<\/em><\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||41px|||&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carter Lear<\/strong> has been with Arctic BIOSCAN for all three of these seasons. Having grown up in Cambridge Bay, he was drawn to Arctic BIOSCAN in 2019 at a community event where he saw an opportunity to &#8220;work with and on the land&#8221; in his home territory and explore the world of insects, which has always interested him. Carter joined Elise Imbeau of <a href=\"https:\/\/viventem.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viventem<\/a> and Kristen McCabe of the CBG on a three-week intensive sampling trip to Gjoa Haven, Kugaaruk, and Taloyoak in July 2022, where he could cross paths with his colleagues, <strong>Kumau Qavvik<\/strong> in Kugaaruk, <strong>Michael Aqilriaq<\/strong> in Gjoa Haven and <strong>Tad Tulurialik<\/strong> in Taloyoak.<\/p>\n<p>Kumau, who plans to study engineering when he finishes high school in Kugaaruk, describes his home community as a &#8220;beautiful landscape&#8221; with mountains and hills along the ocean shoreline. He learned of the field technician position from a high school teacher and was drawn to it because he loves being outdoors. Kumau recounts that he has been learning a lot about &#8220;insects and the environment&#8221; and that he was surprised to learn that different colours (of flowers and insect traps) attract different insects. He is fond of butterflies and moths because of their colorful patterns.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||41px|||&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Michael calls his home of Gjoa Haven a &#8220;great place,&#8221; noting its attraction to tourists because of its location in the Northwest Passage and its connection to European explorers, including Roald Amundsen and Sir John Franklin. (Franklin&#8217;s ships from his ill-fated 1845 expedition were discovered in the Arctic waters there, thanks to Inuit oral tradition, in 2015.) Michael says he discovered Arctic BIOSCAN on social media while working at Kikitak Housing and has found it &#8220;fun and enjoyable&#8221; to catch and learn about insects. &#8220;The most surprising thing I learned is that bumblebees can bite!&#8221; he says. Like his fellow field technicians, he enjoys the outdoors and has looked forward every day to being outside where he can &#8220;just look at the scenery and work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arctic BIOSCAN has significantly benefitted from the work of these young people who know this vast landscape better than most who travel there to work. Fieldwork allows these youth to be where they feel connected and grounded while contributing to <a href=\"https:\/\/biodiversitygenomics.net\/research\/bioscan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIOSCAN<\/a>, a major global biodiversity research program.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ibol.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GjoaHaven-MichaelCarter-scaled.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Field technicians Michael and Carter prepare to collect samples after setting up a Malaise trap.&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GjoaHaven-Michael+Carter&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Field technicians Michael and Carter prepare to collect specimens after setting up a Malaise trap at Gjoa Haven.<\/em><\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;24px|0px|24px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With all the meetings and field work preparations behind them, deWaard and Nowosad completed the trip with a skidoo excursion to nearby Grenier Lake to take spring zooplankton samples. Not a simple feat in -40\u00b0C weather and with 2.5-metre-thick ice, but as with the Arctic BIOSCAN project in general, anything is possible with the right partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, visit <a href=%22https:\/\/arcticbioscan.ca\/%22 data-et-target-link=%22_blank%22 rel=%22noopener%22>arcticbioscan.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With all the meetings and field work preparations behind them, deWaard and Nowosad completed the trip with a skidoo excursion to nearby Grenier Lake to take spring zooplankton samples. Not a simple feat in -40\u00b0C weather and with 2.5-metre-thick ice, but as with the Arctic BIOSCAN project in general, anything is possible with the right partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, visit <a href=%22https:\/\/arcticbioscan.ca\/%22 data-et-target-link=%22_blank%22 rel=%22noopener%22>arcticbioscan.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;off|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||18px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many of the things I have learned working with Arctic BIOSCAN are interesting to me,&#8221; says Carter, &#8220;but the most interesting thing is probably the diversity of insects in the Arctic, how they all play their part in their ecosystems and even in our lives. I am looking forward to hearing about the results of this field season, and to know if we found anything different from the past year. 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