Narwhal 2014: Elusive Whales
We are well into our narwhal research trip and… no sight of narwhals. Should they have ventured by our camp outside of Grise Fiord, Nunavut I would have seen them early this morning because there was no wind an...
Narwhal Tagging 2014: Polar Bear Watch
People who travel in the Arctic very quickly get used to the idea of getting stuck in small towns. It happened to me last year and this year is no different.
We started our journey north to satellite tag and...
Field Notes from Arctic Watch: Week 4
It is another stormy and cold Arctic night. The canvas walls of my yurt shake violently with the wind. I am learning to trust that the whole structure will not come apart on top of me. But it is strong, it hold...
Field Notes from Arctic Watch: Week 1
Vancouver Aquarium associate researcher Dr. Valeria Vergara is a behavioural ecologist now spending the summer in the Arctic. Based at Arctic Watch on Somerset Island, Dr. Vergara is using her knowledge about b...
Vancouver Aquarium Achieves Important Milestone For Arctic Cod Research
For the first time in North America, Vancouver Aquarium's team of biologists successfully hatched and reared several hundred Arctic cod to the juvenile stage. Our researchers believe that this significant break...
The week’s Arctic news highlights
It’s been an interesting week for Arctic news. Here are some of the week’s top stories:
The Inuit Qaujisarvingat (Inuit Knowledge Centre) at Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, together with McGill University and the N...