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Today was our fifth day in the field! We had the usual routine of meeting in the lab at 7am, packing up the truck and then heading to the dining area to make lunches and have hot breakfast. After that we hopped in the truck and took off to Ellie’s sites. We ended up having time to visit all five of them and after days of trying the river levels were finally low enough so that we could safely wade and take out sensors at two of her sites which was really exciting! At the other sites we did We attempted to take out the sensors at four of them and successfully took it out at two which is really exciting news! We then set up the GNSS at one of her other sites. We took a lunch break in the car and then headed to Elliptical pool 12. The site was very close to the road which was nice but it took awhile to take the pool measurements because they were larger sized. We managed to get it done in a couple hours and then headed back to Toolik but there was a lot of construction on the way back. We ate dinner and now we’re preparing for our big day tomorrow. We’re planning on visiting three sites tomorrow- Thaw pit 11, Thaw pit 13, and Elliptical 8 which are all quite a walk from the road so wish us luck!