Arctic Research – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

Arctic Summer: Field Notes from Churchill River Estuary

September 20, 2017

With only a short window of time to gather data, multiple teams from Ocean Wise spent their summer in the Arctic for ongoing research. Studies included the distribution of microplastics in Arctic waters; taggin...

Arctic August: No Ice

August 26, 2016

Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium

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...

Narwhal Study: Tags Deployed Pt 1

August 24, 2016

Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium

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...

Narwhal Study: Back in Tremblay Sound

August 18, 2016

Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium

By Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium executive vice president & chief operating officer For the seventh year in a row, I’m spending part of the summer in the Arctic, assisting with Fisheries and Oceans C...

Narwhal Research 2015: Close Whale Encounter

August 20, 2015

Arctic Connections

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It has been another near-perfect morning here with light winds, blue skies and temperatures hovering around zero. It is now 6 a.m. and I have just finished my regular three-hour polar bear watch. When the weath...

Vancouver Aquarium Launches Arctic Research with Polar Knowledge Canada

August 17, 2015

Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium

This summer, scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre are heading north to begin innovative Arctic research projects both below and above the ocean’s surface in collaboration with Polar Know...

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Narwhal Research 2015: First Whale Sightings

August 15, 2015

Arctic Connections

We have made it to Starnes Fiord, just east of Grise Fiord, after transporting three truckloads of gear and food on five aluminum boats and two inflatable zodiacs. There was a slight swell, but the sea remained...

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