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2007- 2008 Expedition

The CCGS Amundsen left the port of Québec City on July 26th of 2007 for a 15-month expedition in the Canadian Arctic to conduct a wide range of scientific activities in northern Labrador fjords, Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and the Beaufort Sea. The ship overwintered in the Beaufort Sea for the Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) study and returned to the port of Québec City on October 16th 2008.  

451

days at sea

33 189

nautical miles traveled

LEG 1 – ArcticNet (26 July -17 August 2007)

LEG 2 – Health Survey (17 August – 27 September 2007)

LEG 3A – ArcticNet/SOLAS (27 September -18 October 2007)

LEG 3B – ArcticNet/SOLAS/CFL (18 October – 8 November 2007)

LEG 4 to LEG 10A – CFL (10 November 2007 – 5 August 2008)

LEG 10B – Health Survey (5 August – 3 September 2008)

LEG 11A – ArcticNet (4 – 28 September 2008)

LEG 11B – ArcticNet (28 September – 5 October 2008)

LEG 12 – Health Survey (5 -16 October 2008)