A Floating Laboratory
Inside a 20-foot shipping container, Ocean Wise and One Ocean Expeditions are collaborating on an innovative new lab that will help ocean scientists conduct work in isolated coastal areas. The One Ocean custom-...
Diving in the Arctic Unknown
A specialized team of diving researchers from Ocean Wise is wrapping up a trip to the High Arctic this week, diving at underwater sites near Resolute, Nunavut that have never been explored before, and documenti...
Innovation in the High Arctic
This summer, Ocean Wise has officially joined forces with One Ocean Expeditions (OOE) with the goal of expanding our joint education and research programs around the world on select OOE voyages.
After nearly...
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 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...
Arctic August: True North Strong and Free
By Andrea Wright, Vancouver Aquarium director of development
On board the MV Akademik Sergei Vavilov, staring out at the very grey and misty Lancaster Sound, it’s easy to imagine I’m at home on the West Coas...
Arctic August: Spotting Polar Bears
By John Nightingale, President & CEO, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
We spent two days on the west coast of Greenland, crossed Baffin Bay to Pond Inlet in Nunavut, and sailed through Navy Board...
Arctic August: Our Expedition Begins
By John Nightingale, President & CEO, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
As we begin our journey through the Northwest Passage, I can predict without any fear of contradiction that this trip will t...