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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
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Let's celebrate #InuktitutLanguageMonth! Published by @Qikiqtani_Inuit & @Inhabit_Media, this English-Inuktitut early words board book on #Arctic marine mammals introduces little ones (ages 0-3) across Canada to simple Inuktitut words #Nunavut #Inuit #IMLD https://t.co/1Xo0QlJ0wI
Delighted to participate in tonight's #StatusofWomen Leadership Gathering @TownofFortSmith, Northwest Territories! Fort Smith's Mayor, Lynn Napier @ReallyLynn said, "Sometimes, women are elected leaders; other times leadership is something that we just do" #genderequity #mentors
We love this #CapeDorset carving, entitled "Sedna Pushing Rock," by artist Pootoogook Jaw! Visit @NanooqArt in Hamilton, Ontario, to view this exquisite Sedna wearing a traditional amautiq (7.5 × 20 × 21.25 cm) #Inuit #InuitArt #Arctic #Nunavut #Kinngait https://t.co/9J3yBcf1AI
Ever the mineralogist! I love this perfectly truncated rubellite crystal! A variety of #tourmaline (a boron silicate mineral compounded with other elements), rubellite is dark pink to red in colour with medium to dark tones. Image © @GeologyPage #geologist #mineral #geologypage
Nunavut’s capital Iqaluit means Fish in English. Here are some Arctic char near Iqaluit just having a little swim
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“Fishing at Suka was a lot of fun. Gonna have to go back sometime. https://t.co/Zo3auYrubY”
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It's #WorldWhaleDay! Here's a true whale tale that took us by surprise: Not long ago, a group of belugas adopted a lost narwhal (he's the darker one—with the tell-tale tusk). https://t.co/vd3RPMCDYg (Video courtesy GREMM)
Happy #ValentinesDay2020! Sending love and laughter your way...
#LoveIsBlind #LoveYourself #LoveThePlanet #LoveIsInTheAir #ValentinesDay
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Johnny Issaluk, the Sedna Epic Expedition’s former Inuit cultural advisor, has been accused of sexual misconduct by Inuk film-maker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril of Iqaluit, Nunavut.
The Sedna Epic, which is comprised of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, has been operating since 2014. We aim to create a safe space for women participants to explore gender issues and to gain leadership experience during dive and snorkel expeditions in the Arctic.
During November 23-26, 2019, Sedna’s sea women met in Tromso, Norway, for our women’s leadership program. Johnny Issaluk presented during this three-day women’s leadership program (which was attended by 20 women) in Tromso.
Subsequent to our return from Norway, Sedna’s leadership team became aware that Johnny had acted inappropriately in Tromso, making unwanted advances towards several of the women (ages 21 to 78 years) which made them feel uncomfortable.
Sedna’s women’s leadership team acted swiftly and decisively, investigating the women’s allegations against Johnny—finding the allegations credible, we requested (and received) Johnny’s resignation, effective December 9, 2019.
We are not prepared to discuss the stories of the women's interactions with Johnny, as they are not ours to tell.
In solidarity, we believe and support Alethea and the other women from Nunavut who have come forward with their own stories.
#MeToo #BelieveWomen #TimesUp #ZeroTolerance
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Indspire has suspended its plans to honour Johnny Issaluk with an award next month, following allegations made on social media last night that the Inuk actor, athlete and cultural educator committed sexual assault.Thank you Sedna for supporting me and all the woman that have had to deal with the unwanted sexual advances of this person. Your support means so much.
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Word of the day from Qikiqtani Inuit Assoc.
ᓯᓈ sinaa (si-naa)
Floe edge
Images: Meelia Kelly's Saraniagiartut (Going Towards Open Water)
Sedna's founder and leader Susan R. Eaton describes driving one of the last remaining ice roads in North America!
"Ice Road Truckers! I rode shotgun today with my Parks Canada colleague Hélène. We drove the 228-kilometre winter road from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, across the Peace-Athabasca River Delta in Wood Buffalo National Park, to Fort Chipewyan, Alberta. This is one of the few remaining ice roads in North America. It was -26 °C (with a wind chill of -33 °C) at the ice bridge crossing of the Peace River to Moose Island (i.e., no time for being artistic with photos)."
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