Busy times since our arrival at summery Kluane: Lots of DIY, prepping for our upcoming excursion to Pika camp, digging in the garden and an invigorating trip to the Kluane plateau – scouting for potential sampling sites.

Above the shrub-line in the epic Kluane Range

Sandra and Jakob at the top surrounded by the smoke of Alaskan forest fires

The common garden (with shrubologists)

And to prove that we do science after all: here is Isla ageing young Salix richardsonii