Oceans Network Canada – Cambridge Bay Maintenance

Jul 28, 2019  

Location:  Cambridge Bay

Maintaining the Arctic’s Internet-connected ocean is no picnic.

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.

Read more here: https://www.oceannetworks.ca/article-tags/cambridge-bay

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