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Susan R. Eaton
A geoscientist, journalist and explorer, Susan R. Eaton studies the interplay of plate tectonics, oceans, glaciers, climate and life in polar regions.
A Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Susan explores the world’s oceans—from Antarctica to the Arctic—in the snorkel zone, a unique land-sea-ice-air interface where charismatic animals and snorkelers comingle.
In 2018, Ocean Geographic named Susan one of the “Ocean’s Best” 18 most influential women leaders in ocean conservation.
Twelve years ago, Susan suffered a scuba diving trauma that landed her in a hyperbaric chamber for three days, ending her 30-year diving career. Undaunted, her up-close-and-personal relationship with the ocean—which had included studying marine biology and teaching scuba diving—didn’t end in the hyperbaric chamber…
Redefining her relationship with the ocean, Susan has snorkeled with thousands of chatty belugas Hudson Bay and with docile manatees at Crystal River, Florida. She’s snorkeled in the Galapagos Archipelago where sea turtles, sea lions and nurse sharks outnumber snorkelers. In Haida Gwaii, she’s assisted the Haida Nation, snorkeling northern rivers to count salmon migrating to their ancestral spawning grounds. Susan has come face-to-mask with charging 1,400-pound leopard seals in the Southern Ocean—so close, in fact, that she could count the freckles on their upper palates and inspect their tri-serrated teeth which dispatch 30-pound penguins in mere minutes.
On Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, Susan was honoured to be included in the book by Paulina Cameron, entitled “Canada 150 Women: Conversations with Leaders, Champions and Luminaries.”
In 2015, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society named Susan one of Canada’s top 100 modern-day explorers and trailblazers. A year later, the same organization named her one of Canada’s 25 greatest female explorers.
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Martial Glacier, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
TELUS Spark: Meet an Innovator Susan R. Eaton
Sedna Epic: Seawomen To Snorkel Northwest
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"If there's global warming why is it still cold in winter??" is the rhetorical equivalent of "if there was evolution why are there still monkeys??"
Nunavut's Quttinirpaaq National Park is featured in a new #CanadaPost series of stamps: The photo of glacier-covered mountains captured by @ParksCanada employee Ryan Bray showcases the rugged beauty of #Nunavut #Arctic @ParksCanNunavut @canadapostcorp https://t.co/eGzL5pWze6
“Update, 9 January: The release of the World Magnetic Model has been postponed to 30 January due to the ongoing US government shutdown.” https://t.co/oalpoSwjZk
The Earth's north magnetic pole is marching from Canada to Siberia: This erratic motion has forced scientists @CUBoulder & @NOAA to revise the magnetic models that underlie all modern navigation—from systems that steer ships to #GoogleMaps on smartphones
Earth’s magnetic field is acting up and geologists don’t know why
Erratic motion of north magnetic pole forces experts to update model that aids global navigation.
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Quttinirpaaq National Park in Nunavut will be showing up in the mailboxes of millions of Canadians.
A photo of the ice-covered mountain tops in the national park is part of a collection of stamps Canada Post released Jan. 14. It was taken by Ryan Bray, an employee with Parks Canada.
The collection, From Far and Wide, shows landscapes across Canada. This is the second set of stamps from the series that first launched last year. It will run for at least three years and will feature two stamps from every province and territory.
Nunavut's Quttinirpaaq National Park featured on new Canada Post stamp | CBC News
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A dramatic photo showcasing the park's ice-covered mountain tops is part of a collection of new stamps Canada Post released Jan 14.Whoohoo! We're delighted to announce that Sedna's geoscientist and journalist Susan R. Eaton has signed with Transatlantic Agency and will be represented by literary agent and partner Amy Tompkins.
Susan is researching a children’s science book (ages 9 to 12 years) inspired by The 2014-2018 Sedna Epic Expedition which will investigate the impacts of disappearing sea ice in the High Arctic.
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That's fantastic Susan!
Awesome!!
Awesome fun rewarding project
Awesome
Congratulations!!
Icebergs as Depth Sounders
The finding paves the way for using iceberg data to infer the bathymetry of previously unstudied regions.A team of scientists led by Jessica Scheick, a glaciologist working at the University of Maine when this research was done, used high-resolution satellite imagery of stationary icebergs to compute their drafts. Because stationary icebergs are likely grounded—that is, resting on the seafloor—these calculations provide an estimate of water depth and therefore seafloor topography. Scheick and her colleagues confirmed that their estimates were largely consistent with sonar-derived measurements of water depth, a finding that paves the way for using iceberg data to infer the bathymetry of previously unstudied regions.
Scheick and her team focused on icebergs that had broken off glaciers on the Greenland ice sheet. This ice sheet—Earth’s second largest—has the ability to powerfully shape the world’s future coastlines: Sea levels would rise by several meters globally if it were to melt completely. Determining whether, and how quickly, the Greenland ice sheet is melting depends on knowing if warm water is eroding the undersides of its outlet glaciers. These glaciers are the gatekeepers holding back the ice from flowing into the sea, Scheick said. If they were to rapidly melt, it’d be like “removing a dam.”
Icebergs Reveal Contours of the Ocean Bottom - Eos
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Using satellite imagery of grounded icebergs near Greenland, researchers estimate the drafts of these ice masses and therefore water depth, measurements that shed light on future sea level rise.