Ben Pelto holding the snow corer, a device used to take snow or ice cores. All of snow and glacier science reports snow and ice in meters of water equivalent, as researchers need to know how much water the snow holds. Also pictured are Tom Hammond of the University of Washington and Micah May of UNBC. Kokanee Glacier, near Ainsworth in the Kootenays, BC. April 2016. Photo: Jill Pelto