Arctic Expedition Aboard the CCGS Amundsen (2014)

This dataset contains the complete report, the expedition map as well as a list of stations and sampling types. The 2014 Expedition Report describes the scientific expedition carried out in the Canadian Arctic between July 8 and October 11, 2014. The report is a collection of all the participating research teams’ Cruise Reports provided to the Chief Scientists at the end of LEG 1, LEG 2, and LEG 3 of the 2014 CCGS Amundsen Expedition. The 2014 Expedition Report is divided into two parts:

Part I provides an overview of the expedition, the ship track and the stations visited, and a synopsis of operations conducted during each of the three LEGs.

Part II contains the reports submitted by participating science teams or researchers, with details on the specific objectives of their project, the field operations conducted and methodology used, and in some cases, preliminary results. When results are presented, they show the data as they were submitted at the end of the legs in 2014. The data presented in this report are illustrative only and have not been quality checked, thus parties interested in the results should contact the project leader or the researchers who collected the data or the data coordinator at Amundsen Science (amundsen.data@as.ulaval.ca). The sections in Part II describing each project are organized with atmospheric, surface ocean and sea ice components first, followed by water column properties, which include mooring and remote sensing programs, CTD-Rosette operations and physical properties, as well as a suite of chemical and biological parameters. The remaining sections cover contaminants cycling in seawater, biota, seabed mapping, sediments and benthos sampling, and ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) operations. The Schools on Board program is presented as well.

The 2014 Expedition Report also includes four appendices: 1) the list of stations sampled, 2) the scientific log of activities conducted, 3) a copy of the CTD logbook and 4) the list of participants on board during each LEG.

The core oceanographic data generated by the CTD-Rosette operations, as well as meteorological information (AVOS : Automated Voluntary Observing Ship; Environnement Canada) and data collected using the Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP), the ship-mounted current meter (SM-ADCP) and the thermosalinograph (TSG) are available in the Polar Data Catalogue (PDC)

It is possible to consult an interactive map including all the years of expeditions and the different trajectories (LEG) associated with them.