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The SCAMP flew and paid a visit to the ice camp

In between helicopter flights for the Amundsen’s scientific crew change, the SCAMP (Self-Contained Autonomous MicroProfiler) leaves the ship and pays a short visit to the ice camp, where it is scheduled to be the protagonist of another busy day.

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Scientific work aboard the CCGS Amundsen

The 2016 research cruise on CCGS Amundsen will take place in Baffin Bay near Broughton Island between June 3rd and July 14th. Over the 6 week period, the 40 scientists aboard the Amundsen will sample the atmosphere, sea ice, water column and the ocean floor in order to investigate the mechanisms that initiate and control the phytoplankton bloom occurring in the  marginal ice  zone each spring .

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