Canada’s North is experiencing unprecedented change in its sea and terrestrial ice, permafrost and ecosystems under the triple pressures of climate change, industrialization and modernization. The impacts of these pressures can be seen on food and energy security, shipping, sovereignty, northern community health and well-being, and sustainable development and resource exploitation. All these issues have brought the North to the forefront of national and international agendas. Building on the success of its previous Annual Scientific Meetings and International Arctic Change Conferences, the ArcticNet Network…

This six-day, 36-lecture course is designed to provide a theoretical and practical background in marine swath survey technology and techniques for hydrographic surveys, continental shelf boundary delimitation, offshore engineering, harbour dredging, fisheries habitat, route survey and scientific research, and provides overviews of: the technology and problems associated with shallow water multibeam surveys, processing and visualization techniques designed to address the complexities of swath mapping, constraints on using swath bathymetry to produce highest quality data.

"Our Changing Oceans and Coasts: Driving Innovation in Charting, Intelligence, and Resilience”