"Lake_Sampling" by Cameron Callbeck, Eawag
Entry in category 2. Women and men of science; © CC-BY-NC-ND: Cameron Callbeck
Christian Dinkel (aka. Chregu), our veteran field technician at the Swiss aquatic research institute (EAWAG), signals to the captain of the M.V Mama Benita to halt the engines. The vessel comes to a stop in the center of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania. In Chregu’s right hand is the sampling weight that will be used to trigger the closure of the sampling bottles, which are some 1000 meters below the surface of the lake. The waters that will be soon recovered in these bottles, are completely free of oxygen and contain toxic hydrogen sulfide – deadly to fish. Chregu’s effort, along with the many crew and scientists involved in the project, will help us unravel the mysteries of Lake Tanganyika.
"Lake_Sampling" by Cameron Callbeck, Eawag
Entry in category 2. Women and men of science; © CC-BY-NC-ND: Cameron Callbeck
Christian Dinkel (aka. Chregu), our veteran field technician at the Swiss aquatic research institute (EAWAG), signals to the captain of the M.V Mama Benita to halt the engines. The vessel comes to a stop in the center of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania. In Chregu’s right hand is the sampling weight that will be used to trigger the closure of the sampling bottles, which are some 1000 meters below the surface of the lake. The waters that will be soon recovered in these bottles, are completely free of oxygen and contain toxic hydrogen sulfide – deadly to fish. Chregu’s effort, along with the many crew and scientists involved in the project, will help us unravel the mysteries of Lake Tanganyika.