The Ocean Mapping Group - Still Making News in the Arctic

(Continued from here.)

Jonathan was interviewed by the CBC for a recent story. "The shipping lanes are very well sounded, but if you go off that beaten path, there's an awful lot of surprises in Hudson Bay and in the [Northwest] Passage as well. So it's good that we're getting off the beaten path. We're slowly filling up the charts."

For more of the CBC story, go to http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/09/18/amundsen-map.html?ref=rss

The following photos were taken by Ian Church between July 26, 2007 and August 17, 2007 during the CCGS Amundsen's recent voyage.

The cliffs lining Nachvak Fjord on the northern coast of Labrador. (59° 2' N 63° 43' W)

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The CCGS Amundsen. (58° 59' N 63° 53' W)

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Nachvak Fjord. (58° 59' N 63° 53' W)

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The CCGS Amundsen. (58° 59' N 63° 53' W)

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Rough seas from the bridge of the Amundsen in southern Hudson Bay. (56° 52' N 84° 42' W)