Researchers head on mission across the Northwest Passage
- 5 years ago
THE ARCTIC — A group of American and Canadian scientists and students will be embarking on the Northwest Passage Project — an 18-day expedition through the Northwest Passage aboard the Swedish Icebreaker Oden.
According to the project's website, the team will depart on July 18 from Thule, Greenland and make its way to Pond Inlet, Canada.
Afterwards, it will sail through Lancaster Sound to Barrow Strait and stop in Resolute.
The expedition will then go west to Melville Sound and south into Prince Regent Sound before arriving back in Greenland on August 4.
Led by the University of Rhode Island's Inner Space Center, researchers plan to collect seawater, ice and air samples to make assessments on how climate change is impacting the Arctic.
Instruments such as the Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and the Current, Temperature, and Depth Profiler, or CTD, will also be taken aboard to measure the water currents in the Northwest Passage.
The mission specifically focuses on four research areas. Scientists will gather data on water mass and circulation inside the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and analyze how the water column chemistry affects greenhouse gas accumulation.
They will also examine how microscopic habitats are transitioning because of climate conditions and monitor marine bird distribution in the Arctic region.
The Inner Space Center will share live broadcasts of their expedition on Facebook along with videos on their Youtube channel.
The journey will also be the subject of a two-hour TV documentary, which will air in 2020, according to Hydro International.
According to the project's website, the team will depart on July 18 from Thule, Greenland and make its way to Pond Inlet, Canada.
Afterwards, it will sail through Lancaster Sound to Barrow Strait and stop in Resolute.
The expedition will then go west to Melville Sound and south into Prince Regent Sound before arriving back in Greenland on August 4.
Led by the University of Rhode Island's Inner Space Center, researchers plan to collect seawater, ice and air samples to make assessments on how climate change is impacting the Arctic.
Instruments such as the Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and the Current, Temperature, and Depth Profiler, or CTD, will also be taken aboard to measure the water currents in the Northwest Passage.
The mission specifically focuses on four research areas. Scientists will gather data on water mass and circulation inside the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, and analyze how the water column chemistry affects greenhouse gas accumulation.
They will also examine how microscopic habitats are transitioning because of climate conditions and monitor marine bird distribution in the Arctic region.
The Inner Space Center will share live broadcasts of their expedition on Facebook along with videos on their Youtube channel.
The journey will also be the subject of a two-hour TV documentary, which will air in 2020, according to Hydro International.