Oilsands Prim Prod Photos

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Lake sediment core being collected through lake ice. Photo credit: Derek Muir, ECCC.	Recently-retrieved lake sediment core, ready to be sectioned. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University.	Typical study lake, as seen from the helicopter. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University

Helicopter descending onto study lake ~20 km away from bitumen upgrading facilities. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University.	Lake sediment core being collected through the ice. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University.	Helicopter landing on ice-covered study lake ~ 20 km away from the main area of industrial oil sands development. Bitumen upgrading facilities on the horizon. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University.

Collecting water samples through augered hole in ice-covered study lake. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University.	Shoreline of a study lake. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University.	Lake sediment core being collected through the ice using a corer on a metal pole. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University.

Augering a hole through the ice for sampling. Photo credit: Jane Kirk, ECCC.	Lake sediment core being collected through the ice. Photo credit: Derek Muir, ECCC.	Sectioning a recently-collected sediment core. Photo credit: Jane Kirk, ECCC.

Sectioning a recently-collected sediment core. Photo credit: Jane Kirk, ECCC.	Sediment core being sectioned for analyses. Photo credit: Jane Kirk, ECCC.	Study lake (site 2014-B) with no snow cover, as seen from the helicopter. Photo credit: Jane Kirk, ECCC.

Study lake (site 2014-Y) with no snow cover, as seen from the helicopter. Photo credit: Jane Kirk, ECCC.	Study lake (NE13) with no snow cover, as seen from the helicopter. Photo credit: Jane Kirk, ECCC.	Oil sands upgrading facilities. Photo credit: Jamie Summers, Queen’s University.

Video: Collecting a lake sediment core through an augered ice hole. Note the brown coloured water in this lake due to the high dissolved organic carbon content at this study lake. Video credit: Derek Muir, ECCC.