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November used to be the transition month between autumn and winter at Lönnstorp Research Station in Skåne in southern Sweden, but this year the temperatures have been a bit milder than usual.

At Lake Almbergasjön, Abisko Scientific Research Station, the two research engineers Niklas Rakos and Erik Lundin are getting into the winter protocol for water sampling. The ice on the lake is 15cm thick and the visibility is more than 4m even with the sparse light at this latitude this time of the year.

At the beginning of the week heavy rainfalls in combination with strong winds occurred in Västerbotten County. Technicians from Röbäcksdalen Field Research Station took the opportunity of 47mm rain recorded by their weather station for the 2nd of November to take field measurements in the streams.

Usually about 450 guest researchers who spend around 6,000 guest nights are hosted at Abisko Scientific Research Station during a field season each year. So far, the research station has only seen 115 guests. Quiet, empty, different… In normal years, it is quite noisy in the lunch room at ten o'clock, when there is a combined morning Fika for staff and guests. This year, only the station staff is allowed in the lunch room, practicing social distancing.