U S Canada Arctic Expedition Surveying The Extended Continental Shelf

U S Canada Arctic Expedition Surveying The Extended Con American and canadian scientists head north on a collaborative expedition to map the arctic seafloor and gather data to help define the outer limits of the continental shelf. each coastal nation may exercise sovereign rights over the natural resources of their continental shelf. Visit: gallery.usgs.gov videos 268 for more information.american and canadian scientists head north on a collaborative expedition to map the arctic se.

Extended Continental Shelf Project 2010 Noaa Office Of Ocean The u.s. extended continental shelf task force, chaired by the department of state, will conduct a joint arctic mission with the government of canada this summer to collect scientific data pertaining to the extended continental shelf and arctic seafloor. the mission will continue the u.s. canada collaboration begun in 2008. The primary mission of the scientific team of the canada us arctic survey using ccgs louis s. st laurent will be surveying canada's continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. this is the fourth extended continental shelf survey and is undertaken jointly with the united states coast guard cutter healy. The 2010 extended continental shelf survey was a 5 week long expedition involving two icebreakers: u.s. coast guard cutter (uscgc) healy (at sea august 2 to september 6) and the canadian coast guard ship (ccgs) louis s. st laurent (at sea august 4 to september 14). the coast guard cutter healy (wagb 20) is united states' newest and most. Second canada us extended continental shelf survey in the arctic written by lawrence taylor. table of contents. august 6 & 7, 2009 – on the road. august 8, 2009 – life on board. august 12, 2009 – a new neighbor. august 14, 2009 – ice observer. august 15, 2009 – marine mammal observers. august 19, 2009 – seismic adventures.