Southhampton Island

SIMEP cruise in the books!

This is it: done and dusted!! Here’s a little summary of the SIMEP cruise (in numbers): -A total of 87 (person) dives -Over 1000 kelp...

Spicing things up

Yesterday was a colorful evening. We took advantage of one of our last nights onboard to treat our crew to some traditional Chilean...

Bear Necessities

Our journey onboard the William Kennedy keeps going as we are progressing down the East coast of Southampton Island. This side of the...

Sea you, Naujaat!

The last few days have flown by! We were anchored just outside of Naujaat (actually pronounced Now-yat), marking the mid-point of our...

Crossing the Circle

The last 2 days on the ship have been spectacular. Sunny clear skies and glassy seas. We all dug out our sunglasses, Chef Billy fired up...

Strange shores

We have rounded the southern tip of the island and are heading north with 4 days of diving under our belt. Due to the watch schedule on...

Finding forests

We are full swing into this cruise and the dive team has deployed twice, despite the sustained winds over 20 knots. One tricky thing...

SIMEP Cruise is go!

Our dive team is off to Salliq, Nunavut. There are 3 of us: Ignacio Garrido (Tim Horten's-loving Chilean polar dive explorer, who brought...

Join the conversation about kelp

Our conversation piece is out and triggering some interest! Check it out: https://theconversation.com/underwater-arctic-forests-are-expan...