September 2023 - June 2024: Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, France
Overwinter in Saint-Pierre.
July to September 2023: Greenland
- July 15 - August 15: study of the continental lithosphere in the Narsaq region (geology and geophysics), project leader Laurent Geoffroy *.
- 18 - 28 August: collection of coralline by diving between Nuuk and Ilulissat (sclerochronology and paleoclimatology), project leader Jochen Halfar.
*"The main objective of the PROTERO-LITHO project is to characterize the mechanical properties of the continental lithosphere at a relatively early stage of Plate Tectonics. South of Greenland, the magmatic province of Gardar exposes an intracontinental rift system dated to the Middle Proterozoic (~1.3 to 1.1 10 9 years). This remarkable system, little eroded and exposed in its initial geometry, deforms a petrologically homogeneous older crust (foliated granodiorites), of lower Proterozoic age. It presents novel features relative to more recent rifts of Phanerozoic age, such as the intrusion of giant mafic dykes, whose thickness can reach 600 m. This thickness is 30 to 200 times greater than the ones observed in active or recent volcanic systems. This suggests that the rheology of continental lithosphere in the Proterozoic was different from that of present-day lithospheres. We propose to image in 3D this lithosphere at the level of the southern rift of Gardar and to characterize the mode of injection and dilation of the giant dykes. Our ultimate goal is to reverse these results in terms of the rheology of the Proterozoic continental crust and lithosphere. This multidisciplinary and international study will contribute to constrain the evolution of the thermomechanical properties of the continental lithosphere in the context of the progressive cooling of the internal Earth."
February 2023: Newfoundland, Canada
Winter ski-pulka expedition in Newfoundland, Canada.
October 2022 - June 2023: Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, France
Overwinter in Saint-Pierre.
July to September 2022: Devon and Ellesmere Islands, Nunavut, Canada
- Search and sampling of coralline algae.
- Glaciers study in Jones Sound and Talbot Inlet.
- Bathymetry and oceanography in Jones Sound and Nares Strait.
- Environmental DNA sampling from Grise Fiord to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
May and June 2022: Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada
Geophysical survey on top of Devon Ice Cap, subglacial lakes study.
September 2021 to July 2022: Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
Wintering in Grise Fiord.
May to September 2021: Devon and Ellesmere Islands, Nunavut, Canada
Scientific field work by snowmobile on sea ice in spring, then with Vagabond in August after the break-up. - Search and sampling of coralline algae. - Glaciers study in Jones Sound and Talbot Inlet. - Bathymetry and oceanography in Jones Sound and Nares Strait. - Sampling for ArcticKelp.
September 2020 to July 2021: Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
Wintering in Grise Fiord.
July to September 2020: Devon and Ellesmere Islands, Nunavut, Canada
- Search and sampling of coralline algae.
- Glaciers study in Jones Sound.
- Bathymetry and oceanography in Jones Sound and Nares Strait.
- Sampling for ArcticKelp.
September 2019 to July 2020: Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Wintering in Arctic Bay, coralline algae winter study.
March 2020, artists residency onboard Vagabond, about climate change. The photographer Christian Morel performs amazing Inuits portraits highlighted with virtuoso light painting. Mathurin Gasparini, artistic director and Maude Fumey, actress from the group ToNNe prepare a creation: “NuNaVuT!” Which will become “North West Passage”, after “Days too short in Nunavut”, Covid obliges. More.
April to September 2019: Greenland and Canada
- Maintenance and transit from Miquelon to Greenland, via Newfoundland.
- Search and sampling of coralline algae along Greenland West coast.
- Glaciers study in Jones Sound.
- Bathymetry and oceanography in Nares Strait.
October-December 2017: Adélie Land, Antarctica
Eric sent by the French Polar Institute (IPEV) for sea ice measurements near the Dumont d'Urville station (aboard the new L'Astrolabe).
July 2017: Canada and Miquelon
Sailing from Goose Bay (Labrador) to Miquelon, via Newfoundland.
April and May 2017: Canada
Ski expedition around Bylot Island.
August and September 2016: Greenland and Canada
Sampling of coralline algae along Greenland West coast and in Nunavut.
October-December 2014: Adélie Land, Antarctica
Eric sent by the French Polar Institute (IPEV) for sea ice measurements near the Dumont d'Urville station (aboard L'Astrolabe).
2011-2016 — Baffin Bay
March 2016, artist residency in Qikiqtarjuak about today's sea ice, fascinating and fragile, the life she provides to the humans, their love for her. The artist-photographer Christian Morel takes a photo series featuring the Inuit in their relationship with the sea ice in the past, present and future. "I wanted to question this far too beautiful sea ice. Looking her in the eyes to guess the future of the young people from the North." Sea ice stories
- Wintering near Qiqitarjuaq, 2015-2016, see the pictures
- Summer project in Greenland and Nunavut, 2015 see the pictures
- Summer cruise in Greenland, 2015 see the pictures
- Wintering near Qiqitarjuaq, 2014-2015, see the pictures
- Summer cruise in Greenland, 2014 see the pictures
- Wintering near Qiqitarjuaq, 2013-2014, see the pictures
- Summer cruise in Greenland, 2013 see the pictures
- Wintering in Grise Fiord, 2012-2013, see the pictures
- Summer cruise in Greenland, 2012 see the pictures
- Wintering near Grise Fiord, 2011-2012, see the pictures
- Summer cruise in Greenland and Nunavut, 2011 see the pictures
