Preserving Pingualuit

Geosciences professor Sonja Hausmann and an international team of researchers took ski-doos and sleds to Lake Pingualuit in northern Quebec to study core samples from its waters. The lake, formed 1.4 million years ago by a meteor crater, contains some of the most pristine water on earth -- the water turns over about once every 300 years. Visit our Web site to find out how the researchers worked to be sure not to introduce pollution into the lake.

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Education

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• Preserving
• Pingualuit
• Quebec
• meteor
• crater
• Geosciences

[sean808808]

i wonder if you can drink the water and how it tastes?? looks good...!!

[sean808808]

hhmmm only 415 views...this lake looks amazing and very interesting. i came across it in a magazine a few days ago. it would be pretty awesome to visit in person. it would be a pretty far trek from hawaii though....