The CCGS Amundsen circumnavigated the North American continent in 2009 as part of a five-month research voyage to the Canadian Arctic. Sailing through the Panama Canal and entering the Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait allowed the vessel to reach its study area in the Beaufort Sea on July 13th, almost one month sooner than by sailing via its usual eastern route through the Northwest Passage.
168
days at sea
28 380
nautical miles traveled
LEG 1A – ArcticNet/IORVL (4 – 30 June)
LEG 1B – ArcticNet/IORVL (30 June – 16 July)
LEG 2A – ArcticNet/IORVL (16 -30 July)
LEG 2B – Malina/ArcticNet (30 July – 27 August)
LGE 3A – GEOTRACES/ArcticNet/IORVL (27 August – 12 September)
LEG 3B – ArcticNet/IORVL (12 September – 8 October)
LEG 4A – ArcticNet/IORVL (8 October – 6 November)
LEG 4B – ArcticNet (6 -18 November)