Tag Archives: Arctic Ocean

Before the Amundsen

Aircraft Ditching Course: Scientists take flight!

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In preparation for the helicopter flights during shipment on the Amundsen this winter, Noé Sardet,   Multimedia Designer, Filmmaker and Producer aboard the Amundsen, did a training ADC (Aircraft Ditching Course). He shares his experience with us : 

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Science at Camp

May 1: the team is ready, let the science begin!

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The 2016 Green Edge expeditions officially start today with the launching of the ice camp! A crew of 5 people from Takuvik, supported by Eric Brossier’s family has spent the last 10 days organizing the facilities to welcome researchers who will begin arriving  TODAY .

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Before the Amundsen

Takuvik team carries out test deployments of gliders

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Named after the Inuktitut word for the small surface wake left by a diving marine mammal,  Takuvik’s two gliders Qala1 and Qala2  will perform high resolution measurements of physical and biogeochemical variables in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Arctic.

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