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Dec 2, 2020

Three weeks late: Cambridge Bay sea ice freeze-up 2020

Figure 1. Sea ice forming on the shores of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

Ocean Networks Canada’s (ONC) cabled observatory in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut has been gathering real-time oceanographic data since 2012. This year, the data reveals that sea ice freeze-up occurred on 27 October, the latest date in eight years of monitoring the Arctic Ocean. By comparison, since 2012 the mean or average date of freeze-up is 5 October, a full three weeks earlier than 2020.

Figure 2: This climatology plot shows eight years...

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Cambridge Bay | Nunavut | ASL | SWIP | ice profiler

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Monitoring the rapidly changing Arctic is vital to climate science. However installing and maintaining real-time ocean observing infrastructure in Canada’s remote and icy north is complex. Every instrument must be designed to withstand sub-freezing temperatures on land, in the water, and⎯for most of the year⎯under sea ice. Access to a reliable high-speed Internet connection in remote regions can be challenging, and that’s assuming you’ve figured out how to transport the specialized high-tech gear thousands of kilometres to the Arctic circle in the first place.

After five years of gathering real-time Arctic Ocean and sea ice data, Ocean Networks Canada’s (ONC) Cambridge Bay community observatory infrastructure received a major overhaul in September 2017. In...

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Sep 26, 2017

Ocean Network’s first Youth Science Ambassador passes the torch

After working with Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) in Cambridge Bay, 20-year old Mia Otokiak has landed an exciting job to help protect Nunavut communities.

When ONC installed a community observatory in Cambridge Bay in 2012, fifteen-year-old Mia Otokiak was inspired to get involved and learn about the ocean that surrounds her tiny hamlet. Five years later (Figure 1), she is fulfilling her dream of pursuing a science career, and helping other young people do the same.

Mia Otokiak attended ArcticNet in Vancouver as a panelist and co-presented

Figure 1. In 2016, Mia Otokiak attended ArcticNet in Vancouver as a panelist and co-...

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All Eyes on Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

The arrival of the historic Canada Coast-to-Coast-to-Coast (Canada C3) expedition and Fish Eye Project’s Arctic live dive event⎯broadcast across the nation on Sunday 27 August⎯turns a tiny Nunavut hamlet into an innovative ocean literacy and climate science hub.

Members of the Fish Eye Project team

Figure 1. Members of the Fish Eye Project team prepare for the Arctic live dive as the Canada C3 ship arrives in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

For the first time in Canadian history, a group of marine biologists, educators and divers successfully broadcast live across the country from the frigid Arctic Ocean (Figure 1). On Sunday, 27 August,...

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Prime Minister visits ONC Arctic Observatory

On a sunny August afternoon in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mrs. Laureen Harper and key government representatives met with UVic President Jamie Cassels and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) President Kate Moran to view firsthand the latest instrumentation that showcases Canadian science and technology in the Arctic.

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Aug 23, 2014

UVic and ONC research and technology on display for Prime Minister’s Northern Tour

August 23, 2014 – Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.  Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mrs. Laureen Harper and key government representatives gathered dockside with UVic President Jamie Cassels and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) President Kate Moran to view firsthand the latest instrumentation that showcases Canadian science and technology in the Arctic.

On his ninth annual week-long Northern Tour, the Prime Minister’s itinerary includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, where he stopped in Cambridge Bay to learn about northern initiatives in ocean science and technology, including ONC’s cabled community observatory.

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Apr 24, 2014

A Year of Arctic Sea Ice

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Oct 3, 2013

Cambridge Bay, a Year of Data!

A panorama taken at ONC's Cambridge Bay community observatory.

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Cambridge Bay | community observatory | Nunavut | Nunavut Research Institute | Arctic | North | maintenance | upgrade | Anniversary

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Cambridge Bay Community Observatory Backgrounder

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