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[researcher in frigid lake conducting water sampling, helicopter in the background]
[text screen: Wapusk Water Sampling]
John Sweetman: Woah, muddy!

[ecologist John Sweetman and colleagues doing water sampling at lake’s edge]

Female researcher: Ahh it’s cold. No I didn’t say the whole thing.
I can’t even hold this bottle well it’s so cold.
Lauren!
Ok. Phew. Holy crap.

John Sweetman: Hardcore. Just think how easy the July trip will be.
Female researcher: I know, I’m excited for July.
John Sweetman: You just have to deal with all the mosquitoes.

[one researcher reads out data to another taking notes]
Female researcher: Go for it, temperature? 3.22 degrees
Conductivity? The conductivity is 167
OK
93.2 D.O. percent
OK
12.55 D.O.
And the PH is 8.77.
Thank you
And I’m warming my hands up.

[Researcher now in lab setting analyzing water samples]
Male voice off screen: The point of all this in a nutshell?

John Sweetman: Is to basically understand, so characterize some of the chemistry of different lakes and ponds that are in the parks to try to understand what might control, what organisms you might find in the park. So within a different lake, things like water chemistry and things will affect what lives there so if you have a lot of nutrients you might find one type of organism within the lake and with fewer nutrients you might find something else.

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