This site was created by a member of the scientific staff who participated in the oceanographic research cruise described below. The contents of this site are the opinions and observations of the author, and not those of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 

  CSS Baffin - Greenland Sea Project

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January-March 1989

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    This is the story of an oceanographic research cruise that I participated in during the winter of 1989.  From 1983 until 1995,  I spent 405 days at sea a part of oceanographic research teams.  All of these cruises were on Canadian research vessels based at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.  This cruise was one of them . . . and of all of them, the most memorable. 

    There is not a lot of scientific data presented here.  Rather, this page tells the story of life at sea in the North Atlantic during the winter.  I invite you to read the story of CSS Baffin 88043 by following the links in the table below.

1. Where we went6. Reykjavik11. Oceanography!
2. Was the weather OK?7. North of Iceland12. A Bit on a Ship's Motion
3. The Cast of Players8. On to Scotland13. Search and Rescue
4. My Scientific Contribution9. Scotland14. Homeward Bound
5. Halifax to Reykjavik10. The Chain15. Home!

Classic scene from CASABLANCA

It wasn't like anyone was forced to go!
This is a pre-cruise shot of the Chief Scientist Dr. Allyn Clarke briefing Captain John Lewis.

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