A Winter Oceanography Project in Collaboration with the Cree Nation of Chisasibi, Eastern James Bay

It's finally winter here in southeast Hudson Bay/James Bay and the ice is thick enough to travel along the coast, so it was high time to get out of the office and into the field! As part of our partnership with the Arctic Eider Society's Community-Driven Research Network and with support from ArcticNet, the first stop for field work this winter (January 2017) was Chisasibi in eastern James Bay.  This is our second year working on a Cree Nation of Chisasibi-funded project to understand ice and ocean processes in the eastern James Bay coastal domain. Specifically, we are studying how river water from La Grand complex and other large rivers discharging into James Bay modify ocean and ice conditions and ultimately coastal ecological processes. Read more....