Tag Archives: Spring bloom

Documentary film: Arctic Bloom

The Green Edge Project team is working on a documentary movie entitled Arctic Bloom, developed by the creative professionals of Parafilms. This film will document the Green Edge 2015 & 2016 ice camps near Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunuvut as well as the 2016 oceanographic campaign abord the CCGS Amundsen.

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Scientific work: measurement and sampling

Nearly 50 full-station sampling days at the 2015 ice camp, between mid-March and mid-July, made possible the sampling of 20 different categories of measurements, completing a first field season. Findings about initiation and onset of the phytoplankton spring bloom are still undergoing from sample analyses in different laboratories. The expedition was a great success both in terms of science and in terms of integrating into the Inuit community of Qikiqtarjuaq (Nunavut, Canada).

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