Passages renewed for the 2025 scientific expedition with new concepts
The second season of Passages continues the scientific exploration aboard the CCGS Amundsen. This season highlights polar research, the professions that make it possible, and the scientific, northern, artistic, and academic collaborations that enrich the expeditions. New this year—some episodes feature one-on-one conversations and questions that push scientists outside their comfort zones.
At sea and on land, the Amundsen Science administrative team is constantly thinking through and rethinking all logistics and communications behind Amundsen expeditions. Four members of this team came together to discuss their various responsibilities before, during, and after the expedition.
Guests: Véronique Rochefort, Amélie Desmarais, Judith Bernadet and Fatma Dhifallah
Jay Cullen is a professor and director at the University of Victoria. His research focuses on trace metals, bioinorganic chemistry, past climates, and the development of new methods in geochemistry. With a career spanning McGill and Rutgers, he actively contributes to advancing our understanding of ocean systems.
Discover careers in oceanographic instrumentation! Aboard the Amundsen, specialists deploy and monitor a wide range of instruments. From sample collection to high-precision sensors, their work enables scientists to gather essential data for Arctic expeditions.
Geneviève Faille and Evan Edinger discuss their recent observations in a region of the Gulf of St. Lawrence: the Mécatina Trough. The two scientists explore the unique characteristics of this area and the biodiversity it supports.
Meet Simon Bélanger, professor in the departments of biology, chemistry, and geography at Université du Québec à Rimouski. Usually in his lab working with satellite images of the ocean, Simon sits down with Fatma aboard the CCGS Amundsen to talk about his diverse research projects.
As the Amundsen travels through Arctic and subarctic seas, biologists and marine species specialists come aboard to conduct surveys. From the bridge, they carefully observe the waters for birds and marine mammals. This episode of Passages explains their work.
What lies beneath the cold waters of the Labrador Sea? Fisheries and Oceans Canada researcher David Côté takes us deep below the surface, where fragile ecosystems thrive in unexpected places. Discover how cameras, sensors, and underwater robots reveal the hidden life of the subarctic ocean.
In this episode, marine ecologist and science communicator Eugenie Jacobsen joins us to discuss her path in Arctic research. From the fascinating world of Arctic jellyfish to the next steps in her PhD, we explore what fuels her curiosity and passion for the ocean.
What happens when three scientists who know each other a little too well sit down for an interview at sea? Aboard the Amundsen, Lauren, Wilder, and Tessa share laughs, anecdotes, and reflections on their coral research—and the adventures behind the data.
A conversation with professor and researcher Frédéric Maps highlighting the many responsibilities and opportunities associated with academic research in Quebec and internationally.
An interuniversity research team collects water, sediment, and benthic organism samples in Canadian fjords as part of the Transforming Climate Action program. Learn more about what biomarkers are and why they are important in polar oceanographic research.
For their first mission as co-chief scientists aboard the Amundsen, David Babb and Lisa Matthes took on an ambitious challenge: studying ecosystems in one of the northernmost regions of the Arctic, the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
Recorded during the fourth leg in the Queen Elizabeth Islands region, this episode brings together three passionate scientists—Adam Garbo (University of Ottawa), Julienne Stroeve (University of Manitoba), and Erika Brummell (University of Ottawa)—whose research focuses on understanding sea ice and glaciers that shape our global climate.
During the fifth and final leg of the year, Alysha Wilson-Maksagak and Audrey Hurd share their perspectives on Arctic science aboard the CCGS Amundsen. A conversation about collaboration, creativity, and the bridges art can build between research and Inuit communities.
Recorded in the Foxe Basin as part of the FoxSIPP program, this episode explores the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems and sea ice in the Foxe Basin, Hudson Strait, and Labrador Sea.
Guests: Brent Else, Zoe Walker and Maggie Verger
