Baffin Bay 2011-2013

Pictures summer 2011

Pictures winter 2011-12

The crew:
- Eric
- France
- Léonie (5 years old)
- Aurore (2 years old)

Departure from Brest on May 13th 2011 for two or three years...

Summer 2011: scientific programs in West Greenland (bioacoustic studies on walruses, IPEV) and in Nunavut, Canada (arctic oceanography, University of Alberta).

October 2011 - July 2012: overwintering in South Cape Fiord (76°26.86'N - 84°41.00'W), near the village of Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

Overwinter scientific program:

- glaciology, for Christian Haas, professor of sea ice geophysics at University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada): sea ice growth follow up with an electromagnetic icemeter (EM31 by Geonics) - read also here;

- oceanography, for Humfrey Melling, Research Scientist at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney (British Columbia, Canada): measure of salinity and temperature of the fjord with a CTD;

- radar images applications, SIDARUS project - read here.

Overwinter education project:

- Ice sentries, a project organized by Délires d'encre, CNES and Sicoval (Toulouse).

Weather and ice info:

Position and weather (Météo France beacon on board - read also here)

Greenland ice charts (Danish Meteorological Institute)

Canadian ice charts (Environnement Canada)

Smith Sound ice chart (Bremen University)

Weather in Greenland (Danish Meteorological Institute)

Weather at Grise Fiord (Environnement Canada)

Marine Weather Grise Fiord (Environnement Canada)

Route of "Ice and Ocean" cruise, from 6th to 20th August 2011, from Qaanaaq (Thule, Greenland) to Grise Fiord (Nunavut, Canada), lead by Christian Haas: