Loading up the coring equipment
Mindy, Cody, David and Jordan at Lower Ohmer Lake campground
Setting up the coring platform
Setting up for bathymetric survey
Darrell checking the core tube
Cody preparing to glue the core tubes
Platform and boat are ready for action
Setting out for first core site at Lower Ohmer Lake
Laying the achors
Pounding the core into the lake bottom
Mindy muscles in
Hoisting the core tube out of the mud
Mindy with cable puller (aka porkchop)
David, Cody and Jordan stuggle to pull up a surface core
Meanwhile...
Removing the excess core tube
Preserved core top
David chopping the long core for shipment
Jordan examining the lake mud
Launching the USGS boat at Skilak Lake
Peter preparing to ferry the coring team across Skilak Lake
Positioning the platform at Skilak Lake
Platform in evening light
Sunset at Skilak Lake
Too windy to core today
Harebell
Pick up from Skilak Lake
Hidden Lake - Bonus
This year's haul: 500 lbs of mud
Gear stowed for next year