Why a West Coast aquarium is working with the feds to study the Arctic

It’s no longer acceptable to stand by idly as the effects of global climate change permanently alter our Arctic landscape.

The Arctic makes up 40 per cent of Canada’s landmass and almost 70 per cent of its shorelines. Photograph courtesy of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre

Opinion

BY JOHN NIGHTINGALE

August 17, 2016

Not long after the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre first opened its doors six decades ago, a team of adventurous employees and researchers travelled to the Arctic to explore the icy, windswept reaches of Canada’s North. In the years since, our Arctic research expeditions have become an a...

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