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Ottawa, last minute preparations for the Young Ambassadors
Last minute preparations for the Young Ambassadors
Luc, John Coo (Green Cross Canada) and Sebastian Copeland
Iqaluit
We meet Beth, our Inuit Ambassador, at the airport
On the Soper River
Landing at camp site
Preparing lodging...
A curious lemming comes to our tents...
Waterfall
Rafting through "rapids"...
Oil coming out of the ground...
Sometimes, you need to push: Flaam in icy water ;)
The tallest Arctic willows on Baffin Island
A Mica "mine"...
Trekking, when not rafting
The camp by the falls
Mosquitoes: everywhere, all the time.
Sea gulls chicks ont he cliff
Gourmet food
Waterfalls
Kimmirut in sight, after crossing the lake
Off Resolute Bay
Boarding the helicopter for the ship
The Louis Saint-Laurent Icebreaker
On board the Louis Saint-Laurent Icebreaker - discussing science with the ship's captain
Cunningham Inlet: Observing migrating Beluga Whales
Beechey Island
Graves related to the Franklin expeditions
Graves related to the Franklin expeditions: a minute of silence
A dead bear cub: rumor has it that an adult killed it to access his mom...
Flying over breaking sea ice in Lancaster Sound, between Beechey Island and Resolute Bay, Canada -- July 15, 2008
Otto Fjord
Landing in two groups
Icebergs in the fjord
Camping site
Filming nature
Kuria interviews Matty
Walking to the glacier
Climate change Q&A with the group
Walking to the glacier: Luc and Mark
The Green Cross team was there!
Icebergs in the fjord: Flaam is reflecting...
Mark posing for sponsor NapaPijri
A musk ox skull
Kuria, happy to take photos of icebergs
Watching icebergs rolling!! really!! froml eft to right: Beth, Aïnhoa, Ashley, Flaam
Male Arctic Terns competing for territory...
Ward Hunt Island and Ice Shelf
Landing
Arctic Hare
Scientists measure exact GPS locationof old pollutants
Breakfast time
Small crack will get bigger :((
Walking towards northwest
Taking photo and GPS coordinates of the cracks
July 22, 2008: After 4 hours of walking, the Pax Arctica team reaches the main crack from where the ice island on the right is calving.
The team shows the Pax Arctica flag above another ice shelf crack near by.
Training for video recording
Flying from Ward Hunt Island to Eureka
A glacier
Radstock Bay - Caswal Tower
mom and cub polar bears seen from the plane
An Arctic Fox cub, surprised near his den
View from Caswal Tower
Old Thule tent rings
Old whale bone - compare with feet size
We spotted 7 polar bears while there.
The observation, on top of the mountain
Inside the hut
Sleeping under the rainbow, with 24hr daylight
Heavy winds
More polar bears!
Polar bear
Resolute Bay
Tabitha McKell (on photo) and Sarah Hazell work on a dig near Resolute Bay
Prof. René Verreault and Sonia Lamontagne working on a Foucault Pendulum experiment during the solar eclipse of August 1, 2008.
Iqualuit: the bay at low tide
All photos, videos and content: © Luc Hardy / SAGAX All rights reserved
