Back from an incredible 3 weeks onboard the Canadian Coast Guard Des Groseilliers doing CTDs through the Canadian Arctic during its annual run to Eureka. Managed to push right up to the edge of the arctic ice pack at the entrance to Nansen Sound, sampling areas not sampled in 50 years.

UM celebrates the grand opening of the Churchill Marine Observatory a new globally unique research facility dedicated to the study of Arctic climate change UMRiddellFaculty Town of Churchill University of Manitoba news.umanitoba.ca/?p=202314

Tragic news from the Canadian Coast Guard.

#SeaIce coverage along the northern route of the #NorthwestPassage reached a record low for mid-October, creating an open water route along the waterway—an unprecedented event for this late in the season. #Arctic #ClimateChange

New paper out with updated estimates of sea ice volume export through Davis Strait & the resultant ice mass balance of Baffin Bay. Key takeaway, export was previously underestimated. w/ Jack Landy ECCC Canadian Ice Service and others. Centre for Earth Observation Science agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Whiteout conditions on the Müller ice cap at 80°N! Winnipeg Jets we’re drilling for 650m of ice while you chase 16 wins! #GoJetsGo

What a win by the Winnipeg Jets. Getting the complete breakdown from Kenny and Renny (Sean Reynolds & Ken Wiebe) during my Sunday morning walk on our skiway on the Müller ice cap at 80°N. #GoJetsGo

It’s pretty white on Müller, good sign for the Winnipeg Jets!

Game 3! #gojetsgo

Let’s try this again! #GoJetsGo Big Game 5 tonight with Gabe back in! Btw, we’ve passed 300m deep in the ice cap! Over halfway there.

A special addition for Ehlers big return in Game 6! #GoJetsGo Winnipeg Jets

Game 7 from the top of the world! #GoJetsGo

Chance of a polar bear in camp has gone down drastically after all the yelling with a last second goal and double OT winner! From the top of the word! #GoJetsGo Winnipeg Jets what a game!

Change of scenery from the top of the world to the heart of the whiteout. #GoJetsGo Winnipeg Jets

The Müller ice core is now complete at 613m, making this the longest ice core in Canada. From a colleague: We came to Müller, brave and bold, To drill through secrets deep and cold. With cutters sharp and caffeine high, We punched a straight hole, from bedrock to sky.