Summer 2016 (July to September) :
Search and sampling of coralline algae with Jochen Halfar.
Read summer 2016 stories (blog).
October 2015 - July 2016 :
Overwintering in Qikiqtarjuaq, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Overwinter scientific program:
- GREEN EDGE: complete study of the algal bloom for Takuvik (Quebec). Director: Marcel Babin.
Teaser Arctic Bloom from Parafilms on Vimeo.
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glaciology, for Christian Haas, professor of sea ice geophysics at York University in Toronto (Canada).
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sampling coralline algae for Branwen Williams and Jochen Halfar.
Other project: artists residency directed by France Pinczon du Sel in Qikiqtarjuaq.
Summer 2015 (end of July - mid September):
Sailing in Disko Bay region, West Greenland.
Great encounters (read the blog), Blue Soul project, and sampling coralline algae for Branwen Williams and Jochen Halfar.
See pictures from Ame Bleue expedition.
October 2014 - July 2015 :
Overwintering in Qikiqtarjuaq, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Overwinter scientific program:
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GREEN EDGE: complete study of the algal bloom for Takuvik (Quebec). Director: Marcel Babin.
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glaciology, for Christian Haas, professor of sea ice geophysics at York University in Toronto (Canada).
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sampling coralline algae for Branwen Williams and Jochen Halfar(read the blog).
RESEARCH ARTICLE : Invisible Polynyas: Modulation of fast ice thickness by ocean heat flux on the Canadian polar shelf (Humfrey Melling, Christian Haas, et Eric Brossier, 12 Feb 2015).
Summer 2014 (end of July to early October):
Various missions on the East coast of Greenland:
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8-18 August 2014: [Looking for "magmatic faults"][magmatic], geology with Laurent Geoffroy (Brest University), East coast of Greenland.
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18-29 August 2014: sailling and trekking with Michael Charavin, in Tasiilaq region. Story.
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30 August - 13 September 2014: photo courses with Christian Morel, in Tasiilaq region. Presentation.
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13 September - early October: Kulusuk - Qikiqtarjuaq with Adrien and Clementine, pilots for scientists. Photogrametry from a small plane or from a drone.
See summer 2014 route with GoogleEarth.
September 2013 - July 2014 :
Overwintering in Qikiqtarjuaq, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Overwinter scientific program:
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complete study of the algal bloom for Takuvik (Quebec). Director: Marcel Babin.
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glaciology, for Christian Haas, professor of sea ice geophysics at York University in Toronto (Canada). Read the article by Christian Haas about our work and about the state of Arctic sea ice (January 2014).
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plankton sampling, regularly from January to July, for Pierre Mollo and for program World Plankton, an initiative of Océanopolis, Ocean Discovery Center in Brest (France)
Summer 2013 (end of July - mid September):
Scientific programs in North-West Greenland ans in Grise Fiord region (Ellesmere Island, Canada):
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1 to 15 August: studies on the breeding biology of Little Auks (Allealle) and survey of seabird breeding colonies in the northern part of Melville Bay (read more). Expedition leaders: David Boertmann and Anders Mosbech, Dep. Bioscience, Sect. Arctic Environment, DCE- Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Aarhus University.
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August/September: scientific work for Christian Haas, Humfrey Melling, [Janne Søreide][], and Preben Gudmandsen
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study of PII2012A1 ice Island, drifting in Smith Sound
- CTD section across Smith Sound
- plankton sampling for UNIS
- visit to Littleton Island weather station
- recovering cameras (timelapse) near Grise Fiord
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bathymetry and CTD in South Cape Fiord (Ellesmere Island)
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observations and explorations in Smith Sound, with Emmanuel Hussenet, leading the project Witness Arctic sea ice to inform the world (in French). Read a short English version about his project Claim Hans Island.
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participating in Poles Actions polar bear project (ten bears seen during the summer)
See summer 2013 route with GoogleEarth.
September 2012 - July 2013:
Overwintering in Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Overwinter scientific program:
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glaciology, for Christian Haas, professor of sea ice geophysics at York University in Toronto (Canada):
- sea ice thickness survey in Southern fjords of Ellesmere Island with an electromagnetic icemeter (EM31 by Geonics)
- deployment of one Ice Mass Balance station (photo)
- setting up 3 timelapse cameras to follow up melting and bice breaking up period
- snow thickness and melt pond water depth measurements before ice breakup
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oceanography, for Humfrey Melling, Research Scientist at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney (British Columbia, Canada): measurements of water salinity and temperature in Southern fjords of Ellesmere Island with a CTD (CTD), — also read here
- plankton sampling, regularly from January to July, for Pierre Mollo and for program World Plankton, an initiative of Océanopolis, Ocean Discovery Center in Brest (France)
Summer 2012 (end of July - end of September):
Scientific programs in West Greenland:
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VOLCABASIN: this geological and geophysical scientific expedition aims at the understanding of the structure and development of a particular volcano-tectonic structure (inner-SDR of Eocene age) located in the Svartenhuk area (north of Uummanaq Bay). Studying this object should help to better understand the mechanisms of plate break-up over a thermal anomaly within the Earth mantle. This study involve 11 scientists, two boats, including Vagabond, as well as a helicopter. Expedition leader: Laurent Geoffroy, geologist, professor at Brest University (France). ;
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BATHY MELVILLE: in unknown area in Melville Bay (0-1000m depth), North-West of Greenland, the aim is to detect major holes in the seabed, offshore main glaciers, and to do soundings and ocean measurements (CTD), by getting close to the glaciers to see the water vertical structure evolution on continental shelf. Leader: Eric Rignot, Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena (Nasa), and Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine (USA).
October 2011 - July 2012:
Overwintering in South Cape Fiord (76°26.86'N - 84°41.00'W), near the village of Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Overwinter scientific program:
- glaciology, for Christian Haas, professor of sea ice geophysics at University of Alberta in Edmonton (Canada): sea ice growth follow up with an electromagnetic icemeter (EM31 by Geonics) - read also here;
- May 7 to 12, 2012: 640km with the icemeter EM31;
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oceanography, for Humfrey Melling, Research Scientist at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney (British Columbia, Canada): measure of salinity and temperature of the fjord with a CTD, — read here;
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radar images applications, SIDARUS project — read here.
Overwinter education project:
- Ice sentries, a project organized by Délires d'encre, CNES and Sicoval (Toulouse).
Summer 2011 (June to August):
Scientific programs in West Greenland (bioacoustic studies on walruses, IPEV) and in Nunavut, Canada (arctic oceanography, University of Alberta). Click on pictures to see Vagabond's route from Brittany, and more detailed route of "Ice and Ocean cruise" from August 6th to 20th 2011, from Qaanaaq (Thule, Greenland), to Grise Fiord (Nunavut, Canada), lead by Christian Haas.
See summer 2011 route with GoogleEarth.
Friday, 13th May 2011:
Departure from Brest for three or four years...
Weather and ice info:
- Position and weather (Météo France beacon on board — read also here)
- Greenland ice charts (Danish Meteorological Institute)
- Canadian ice charts (Environnement Canada)
- Smith Sound ice chart (Bremen University)
- Weather in Greenland (Danish Meteorological Institute)
- Weather in Grise Fiord (Environnement Canada)
- Weather in Qikiqtarjuaq (Environnement Canada)
- Aurora activity (Geophysical Institute)
- Influence of Arctic sea ice on European summer precipitation (Environmental Research Letters)
