Susan R. Eaton
P. Geol., P. Geoph., M.Sc., B.Sc. Hon., B.J. (Journalism) Hon.
President, SR ECO Consultants Inc.
Founder & Leader, Sedna Epic Expedition
Geoscientist / Explorer / Journalist / Speaker
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Katujjiqatigit / Working Together: The all-female Sedna Epic Expedition brings a changing ocean to eye level for coastal Inuit communities
BANK TO THE LEFT, bank to the right. Tethered to diver propulsion vehicles, the women flew through emerald-green waters at six kilometres per hour, dodging sculpted ice formations off the northern coast of Labrador. They soon discovered that snorkelling in pack ice is a contact sport. After several star-inducing head bumps, the team’s dive physician determined that helmets would be standard gear for future expeditions.
Bringing the Ocean to Eye Level for Inuit in the Arctic
Bank to the left; bank to the right: Tethered to a diver propulsion vehicle, I flew through emerald-green arctic waters at six kilometres per hour, dodging sculpted ice formations off the northern coast of Labrador, Canada.
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.
Sedna Epic Norway 2019: Women’s Leadership & Winter Snorkel
Please consider supporting a portion of my personal costs to lead the Sedna Epic Expedition’s women’s leadership program and winter snorkel expedition to Norway in November 2019.
Every donation is welcome and accretive to my bottom line.
Warm regards, Susan
VIDEOS
Martial Glacier, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Garmin Women of Adventure: It’s Up to Us, with Susan R. Eaton
Sedna Epic: Seawomen To Snorkel Northwest
SOCIAL MEDIA
After nearly a decade of activism by students and faculty, @Harvard University will fight climate change by divesting its #fossilfuels portfolio and appointing its first-ever vice provost for #climate and #sustainability @HuffPostGreen
Harvard To Divest $42 Billion Endowment From Fossil Fuels After Years Of Student Protest
“This announcement is a massive victory for activists and for the planet,” Divest Harvard, a student- and alumni-led group, wrote.
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The @SednaEpic's founder & leader @SusanREaton_Geo was included in the @ExplorersClub's 2021 Class of 50 people changing the world!
You've got until Sept. 8 to nominate candidates for the #Explorers50 Class of 2022!
#womeninscience #womenofthearctic #changetheratio #diversity https://twitter.com/ExplorersClub/status/1432440254443626499
LAST CHANCE to nominate #Explorers50 candidates! We're seeking nominations for 50 individuals who've explored realms that we haven't previously considered.
Applications are due this Wed, Sept. 1st.
👉http://bit.ly/3AViZlh
📸:@SusanREaton_Geo @SVenkatesh__
#science #diversity
Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
Dream
ᓯᓐᓇᑦᑐᐊᖅ
Sinnattuaq
Sin-nat-tu-aq
Image: Kenojuak Ashevak_song of spring
listen here: https:https://soundcloud.com/user-817699715/dream
What an incredible honour to be included in the @ExplorersClub's 2021 Class of 50 people changing the world! To learn more about these inaugural #Explorers50, visit:
https://explorers.org/pdf/EC-50-screen.pdf
LAST CHANCE to nominate #Explorers50 candidates! We're seeking nominations for 50 individuals who've explored realms that we haven't previously considered.
Applications are due this Wed, Sept. 1st.
👉http://bit.ly/3AViZlh
📸:@SusanREaton_Geo @SVenkatesh__
#science #diversity
Dare see T. rex as a bird? With feathers? Check out this fascinating essay by Stephen J. Bodio in Living Birds Magazine, a publication of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology @birdsoftheworld #dinosaurfeathers #dinosaurs #birds #paleontology
They Had Feathers: Is the World Ready to See Dinosaurs as They Really Were?
In the movie Jurassic World, a pack of scaly velociraptors chases a man on a motorcycle. There are two possib...
www.allaboutbirds.org
Ouch! I'm Canadian! "You never want to lose in a world championship, you never want to lose to #Canada, obviously, and you never want to lose playing the way we did," said US forward @mPinoe after Monday's defeat #TokyoOlympics2021 #soccer #underdogs
USWNT beaten by Canada in semifinals as gold medal bid ends at Tokyo 2020
The United States Women's National Team narrowly lost to Canada 1-0 in the Olympic semifinals in Japan on Monday, ...
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qikiqtani_inuit Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
ripples
ᕿᓐᓂᕋᔮᑦᑐᖅ
qinnirajaattuq
qin-ni-ra-jaat-tuq
Image: Germaine Arnaktauyok_Untitled 2009
listen here: https://soundcloud.com/user-817699715/sea-waves
#everychildmatters #orangeshirtday #orangeshirtday2021 #truthandreconciliation
ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 10 ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᐱᓕᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᙱᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᕆᔭᐅᓛᕐᖓᑦ / ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᑎᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᕆᔭᐅᓛᕐᖓᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᑐᑭᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᕆᔅᓯ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᒥᔅᓵᓅᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᕙᙵᑦ: www.inuusiq.com
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ Word of the day #inuktitut
ᐃᕿᒻᒥᑦᑎᔪᖅ iqimmittijuq (i-qim-mit-ti-juq)
Embrace
Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Protective HavenSeptember 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day / Embrace Life Day in Nunavut. Learn about the resources that are available on the Embrace Life Council website here: www.inuusiq.com
ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 10 ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᐱᓕᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᙱᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᕆᔭᐅᓛᕐᖓᑦ / ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᑎᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᕆᔭᐅᓛᕐᖓᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᑐᑭᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᕆᔅᓯ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᒥᔅᓵᓅᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᕙᙵᑦ: www.inuusiq.com
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day #Inuktitut
ᐃᕿᒻᒥᑦᑎᔪᖅ
iqimmittijuq
i-qim-mit-ti-juq
Embrace
Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Protective Haven
Don't miss the October 31st deadline to apply for the Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) 2022 Scholarships and Training Grants! The WDHOF is offering 48 scholarships and training grants this year. To view the summary and application instructions, visit:
www.wdhof.org/scholarships/sponsorship
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