Fall 2024 3 PHOTO ESSAY PHOTOS BY ALEX RIVEST nated by a marine terminating glacier and the fresh, cold water it delivers to the fjord and the salty ocean beyond. Using bongo nets and trawls, they plied the waters, coun ting and measuring the species they caught. So far, they’ve been surprised by the differences between populations found in water influ enced by fresh meltwater versus the richoceanic waters near the conti nental shelf. Next summer, the team travels to Greenland’s Inglefield Fjord to compare results. fjords in Greenland, where Arctic set tlements depend on fishing for their livelihoods, but warming seas are bringing change. In 2023, he and grad uate student Haley Carlton traveled with a team to Sermilik Fjord in southeast Greenland, an area domi
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