Narwhal Study: Greenland Shark Tagging
By Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium executive vice president & chief operating officer
At dawn fog banks started to roll in from both up and down the Sound — wispy fingers, silently reaching out and cree...
Arctic August: No Ice
By John Nightingale, President & CEO, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
For the first time in 20 plus years of coming to Canada’s Arctic – we saw no pack ice. We certainly saw grand icebergs, both...
Arctic Diving: Findlayson Islands
By Jeremy Heywood, Vancouver Aquarium diving safety officer
On a very early and dark Sunday morning, Mackenzie Neale, Ruby Banwait, Laura Borden and I left Vancouver, beginning our voyage to Cambridge Bay, N...
Narwhal Study: Tags Deployed Pt 2
By Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium executive vice president & chief operating officer
As the wind increased, I returned to my tent to secure all my belongings. The frame and lines were being buffeted in...
Narwhal Study: Tags Deployed Pt 1
By Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium executive vice president & chief operating officer
The weekend weather was picture perfect, with each spectacular morning sunrise heralding very warm temperatures thro...
Arctic August: Arctic Ice Packs
By John Nightingale, President & CEO, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
This past winter (2015-2016) the Arctic ice pack, which is the ice cover of the Arctic Ocean, saw the smallest amount of ice...
Arctic Diving: Today is the Day
By Justin Lisaingo, Vancouver Aquarium biologist and diver
After a couple excellent boat dives, it was time for our community outreach event at the Elders Palace. We returned from the boat dives, placed our ...
Arctic August: Beechey Island in the Snow
By John Nightingale, President & CEO, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
Before breakfast this morning, a boat-load of us took a trip to shore in the Zodiacs. We left early, around six o’clock, bec...